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Biological Problems


Frank Schweitzer
Brownian Agents and Active Particles. On the Emergence of Complex Behavior in the Natural and Social Sciences
Foreword by J. Doyne Farmer
Berlin: Springer (Springer Series in Synergetics), 2003, 420 pp. 192 illus. (ISBN 3-540-43938-2)

Frank Schweitzer (ed.)
Self-Organization of Complex Structures: From Individual to Collective Dynamics
Foreword by Hermann Haken
part 1: Evolution of Complexity and Evolutionary Optimization,
part 2: Biological and Ecological Dynamcis, Socio-Economic Processes, Urban Structure Formation and Traffic Dynamics
London: Gordon and Breach, 1997, 596+xxiv pp. (ISBN 90-5699-027-6)


  1. Ebeling, W.; Schweitzer, Frank: Self-Organization, Active Brownian Dynamics, and Biological Applications, Nova Acta Leopoldina NF, vol. 88, no. 332 (2003) 169-188

  2. Mach, R.; Schweitzer, Frank: Multi-Agent Model of Biological Swarming, in: Advances in Artificial Life. Proceedings 7th European Conference On Artificial Life (ECAL) (Eds. W. Banzhaf, T. Christaller, P. Dittrich, J. T. Kim, J. Ziegler), (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, vol. 2801), Springer, Berlin 2003, pp. 810-820

  3. Schweitzer, Frank; Tilch, B.: Self-Assembling of Networks in an Agent-Based Model, Physical Review E 66 (2002) 026113 (1-9)
    Also included in: Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research 4/5 (September 1, 2002) and Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 6/10 (September 2, 2002)    (Video)

  4. Schweitzer, Frank: Brownian Agent Models for Swarm and Chemotactic Interaction, in: Fifth German Workshop on Artificial Life. Abstracting and Synthesizing the Principles of Living Systems (Eds. D. Polani, J. Kim, T. Martinetz), Berlin: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft Aka, 2002, pp. 181-190

  5. Ebeling, W.; Schweitzer, Frank: Swarms of Particle Agents with Harmonic Interactions, Theory in Biosciences 120/3-4 (2001) 207-224 (Video)

  6. Schweitzer, Frank; Ebeling, W.; Tilch, B.Statistical Mechanics of Canonical-Dissipative Systems and Applications to Swarm Dynamics, Physical Review E 64/2 (2001) 021110 (1-12) (Video 1) (Video 2)

  7. Schweitzer, Frank: Wegesysteme als Beispiel kollektiver Strukturbildung, in: Natürliche Konstruktionen in Raum und Zeit (Hrsg. H.-W. Reinhardt, R. Reiner), IWB Stuttgart 2001, S. 403-410 (ISBN 3-8311-3249-6)

  8. Ebeling, W.; Schweitzer, Frank: Active Motion in Systems with Energy Supply, in: Integrative Systems Approaches to Natural and Social Dynamics - System Sciences 2000 (Eds. M. Matthies, H. Malchow, J. Kriz), Springer, Berlin 2001, pp. 119-142

  9. Schweitzer, Frank: Active Motion of Brownian Particles, in: Stochastic Processes in Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Eds. J.A. Freund, T. Pöschel), Lecture Notes in Physics 557, Springer, Berlin 2000, pp. 97-106

  10. Ebeling, W., Schweitzer, Frank; Tilch, B.: Active Brownian Particles with Energy Depots Modelling Animal Mobility, BioSystems 49 (1999) 17-29

  11. Stevens, A.; Schweitzer, Frank: Aggregation Induced by Diffusing and Nondiffusing Media, in: Dynamics of Cell and Tissue Motion (Eds. W. Alt, A. Deutsch, G. Dunn), Birkhäuser, Basel, 1997, pp. 183-192

  12. Helbing, D., Schweitzer, Frank; Keltsch, J., Molnar, P.: Active Walker Model for the Formation of Human and Animal Trail Systems, Phys. Rev. E 56/3 (1997) 2527-2539

  13. Schweitzer, Frank; Lao, K., Family, F.: Active Random Walkers Simulate Trunk Trail Formation by Ants, BioSystems 41 (1997) 153-166

  14. Schweitzer, Frank: Self-Organization of Trail Networks Using Active Brownian Particles, in: Computer Science and Biology (Eds. R. Hofestädt, T. Lengauer, M. Löffler, D. Schomburg), IMISE Report No. 1, Universität Leipzig (ISBN 3-00-000872-1), pp. 299-301

  15. Schweitzer, Frank: Goethes Morphologie-Konzept und die heutige Selbstorganisations-Theorie, in: Selbstorganisation. Jahrbuch für Komplexität in den Natur- Sozial- und Geisteswissenschaften, Bd. 3: Konzepte von Chaos und Selbstorganisation in der Geschichte der Wissenschaften, (Hrsg. W. Krohn, H.-J. Krug, G. Küppers), Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, 1992, S. 167- 193


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