We present a study of time-delay effects on a two-actor conflict model based on nonlinear differential equations. The state of each actor depends on its own state in isolation, its previous state, its inertia to change, the positive or negative feedback and a time delay in the state of the other...

In this work we analyze the stability of an endoreversible Curzon–Ahlborn engine, using a van der Waals gas as working substance and the corresponding efficiency for such an engine. From the local stability analysis we find that a critical point of an almost linear system is stable. After...

The empirical study of network dynamics has been limited by the lack of longitudinal data. Here we introduce a quantitative indicator of link persistence to explore the correlations between the structure of a mobile phone network and the persistence of its links. We show that persistent links...

The connection between fluid dynamics and classical statistical mechanics has motivated in the past mathematical investigations of the incompressible Navier–Stokes (NS) equations (INSE) by means of an asymptotic kinetic theory. This feature has suggested the search for possible alternative...

We show that any quasi-polynomial invariant of a quasi-polynomial dynamical system can be transformed into a quasi-polynomial invariant of a homogeneous quadratic Lotka–Volterra dynamical system. We show how this quasi-polynomial invariant can be decomposed in a simple manner. This...

We extend to general divergenceless systems the dynamical thermostatting approach to statistical ensembles proposed by Kusnezov, Bulgac and Bauer (KBB). Furthermore, a new family of dynamical systems inspired by the KBB method is introduced, and some of its properties considered.

Considering a prototypic model of a bimodal oscillator we investigate the synchronization of the internal time scales for a system with interacting fast and slow oscillatory modes. Particular emphasis is given to the transition between mode-locked and mode-unlocked chaos. It is shown that this...

We analyze some models of nonequilibrium systems proposed in the past decade which derive the laws of irreversible thermodynamics from deterministic dynamics. We find that these models do not posses the crucial property of local thermodynamic equilibrium, since they represent noninteracting...

We present an automated algorithm for inferring analytical models of closed reactive biochemical mixtures, on the basis of standard approaches borrowed from thermodynamics and kinetic theory of gases. As input, the method requires a number of steady states (i.e. an equilibria cloud in...