[School of Physics&Astronomy]

Complex Systems and Statistical Physics Group

The Complex Systems and Statistical Physics Group

Recent publications and preprints

2015


City Evacuations: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Edited by John Preston, Jane M Binner, Layla Branicki, Tobias Galla, Nick Jones, James King, Magdalini Kolokitha and Michalis Smyrnakis
Springer (2015)
Quantitative Decision-Making Rules for the Next Generation of Smarter Evacuations
Fry, John, Tobias Galla, and Jane M. Binner
City Evacuations: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 63-87 (2015)
The statistics of fixation times for systems with recruitment
T. Biancalani, L. Dyson and A. J. McKane
J. Stat Mech P01013 (2015)
Models of Genetic Drift as Limiting Forms of the Lotka-Volterra Competition Model
G. W. A. Constable and A. J. McKane
Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 038101 (2015)

2014


Noise-induced bistable states and their mean switching time in foraging colonies
T. Biancalani, L. Dyson and A. J. McKane
Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 038101 (2014)
Current noise-removal methods can create false signals in ecogenomic data
A. G. Rossberg, T. Rogers and A. J. McKane
Proc. Roy. Soc. B 281, 20140191 (2014)
Fast-mode elimination in stochastic metapopulation models
G. W. A. Constable and A. J. McKane
Phys. Rev. E 89, 032141 (2014)
Stochastic pattern formation and spontaneous polarisation: the linear noise approximation and beyond
A. J. McKane, T. Biancalani and T. Rogers
Bull. Math. Biol. 76, 895-921 (2014)
The theory of individual based discrete-time processes
J. D. Challenger, D. Fanelli and A. J. McKane
J. Stat. Phys. 156, 131-155 (2014)
Impact of commuting on disease persistence in heterogeneous metapopulations
G. Rozhnova, A. Nunes and A. J. McKane
Ecol. Complexity 19, 124-129 (2014)
Population genetics on islands connected by an arbitrary network: An analytic approach
G. W. A. Constable and A. J. McKane
J. Theor. Biol. 358, 149-165 (2014)
Simulating non-Markovian stochastic processes
M. Boguna, L. F. Lafuerza, R. Toral, M. A. Serrano
Phys. Rev. E 90, 042108 (2014)
Intrinsic noise and two-dimensional maps: quasi-cycles, quasiperiodicity and chaos
C. Parra-Rojas, J. D. Challenger, D. Fanelli and A. J. McKane,
Phys. Rev. E90, 032135 (2014)
Impact of commuting on disease persistence in heterogeneous metapopulations
G. Rozhnova, A. Nunes and A. J. McKane,
Ecol. Complexity 19, 124-129 (2014)
Supplementary Material
Gaussian approximations for stochastic systems with delay: Chemical Langevin equation and application to a Brusselator system
Brett T and Galla T.
J. Chem. Phys. 140, 124112 (2014)
The importance of volume exclusion in modelling cellular migration
L. Dyson and R.E. Baker
J. Math. Biol. (2014)
In a noisy world (some) forgetting helps cross-situational learning
P. Ibbotson, D. García López and A. J. McKane, (Submitted)

2013


Stochastic dynamics on slow manifolds
G. W. A. Constable, A. J. McKane and T. Rogers
J. Phys. A 46, 295002 (2013)
Synchronization of stochastic oscillators in biochemical systems
J. D. Challenger and A. J. McKane,
Phys. Rev. E 88, 012107 (2013)
Diffusion of two molecular species in a crowded environment: theory and experiments
D. Fanelli, A. J. McKane, G. Pompili, B. Tiribilli, M. Vassalli and T. Biancalani
Phys. Biol. 10, 045008 (2013)
Are there species smaller than one millimetre?
A. G. Rossberg, T. Rogers and A. J. McKane
Proc. Roy. Soc. B 280, 20131248 (2013)
Demographic noise and resilience in a semi-arid ecosystem model
J. Realpe Gomez, M. Baudena, T. Galla, A. J. McKane and M. Rietkerk
Ecol. Complexity 15, 97-108 (2013)
The linear noise approximation for reaction-diffusion systems on networks
M. Asllani, T. Biancalani, D. Fanelli and A. J. McKane
Eur. Phys. J. B86, 476 (2013)
Intrinsic noise and discrete-time processes
J. D. Challenger, D. Fanelli and A. J. McKane
Phys. Rev. E 88, 040102(R) (2013)
Complex dynamics in learning complicated games
Tobias Galla, J. Doyne Farmer
Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 110 (2013) 1232
A decision-making framework for co-ordinating smarter evacuations using social media
John Fry, Tobias Galla, Jane M Binner (submitted to Management Science)
Computing complexity measures for quantum states based on exponential families
Soenke Niekamp, Tobias Galla, Matthias K leinmann, Otfried Guehne
J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 46 125301 (2013)
Stochastic Processes with Distributed Delays: Chemical Langevin Equation and Linear-Noise Approximation
Tobias Brett, Tobias Galla
Phys. Rev. Lett. 110 250601 (2013)
Pattern formation in individual-based systems with time-varying parameters
P. Ashcroft and T. Galla
Phys. Rev. E 88, 062104 (2013)

2012


Fluctuations in meta-population exclusion processes
Tobias Galla
arxiv:111 2.0873 J. Stat. Mech. (2012) P03008
Mixing times in evolutionary game dynamics
Andrew J. Black, Arne Traulsen, Tobias Galla
arXiv:1204.0608v1 Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 028101 (2012)
Effects of communication and utility-based decision making in a simple model of evacuation
Michalis Smyrnakis, Tobias Galla
arXiv:1204.2508 The European Physical Journal B 85 (2012) 378
Stochastic oscillations of adaptive networks: Application to epidemic modelling
Tim Rogers, William Clifford-Brown, Ca therine Mills, Tobias Galla
arXiv:1206.2768, J. Stat. Mech. (2012) P08018
Voter models with conserved dynamics
Fabio Caccioli, Luca Dall'Asta, Tobias Galla, Tim Rogers
Phys. Rev. E 87 052144 (2013)
The mechanics of stochastic slowdown in evolutionary games
Philipp M. Altrock, Arne Traulsen, Tobias Galla
arXiv:1204.3863 Journal of Theoretical Biology 311 (2012) 94
Stochastic formulation of ecological models and their applications
A. J. Black and A. J. McKane
Trends Ecol. Evol. 27, 337-345 (2012)
Spontaneous genetic clustering in populations of competing organisms
T. Rogers, A. J. McKane and A. G. Rossberg
Phys. Biol. 9, 066002 (2012)
Multi-compartment linear noise approximation
J. D. Challenger, A. J. McKane and J. Pahle
J. Stat. Mech., P11010 (2012)
Fast fixation with a generic network structure
G. J. Baxter, R. A. Blythe and A. J. McKane
Phys. Rev. E86, 031142 (2012)
Noise-induced metastability in biochemical networks
T. Biancalani, T. Rogers, and A. J. McKane
Phys. Rev. E86, 010106(R) (2012)
Demographic noise and piecewise deterministic Markov processes
J. Realpe Gomez, T. Galla, and A. J. McKane
Phys. Rev. E86, 011137 (2012)
The mode of host-parasite interaction shapes coevolutionary dynamics and the fate of host cooperation
B. J. Z. Quigley, D. Garcia Lopez, A. Buckling, A. J. McKane and S. P. Brown
Proc. R. Soc. B279, 3742-3748 (2012)
Biochemical fluctuations, optimisation and the linear noise approximation
J. Pahle, J. D. Challenger, P. Mendes and A. J. McKane
BMC Systems Biology 6, 86 (2012)
Phase lag in epidemics on a network of cities
G. Rozhnova, A. Nunes and A. J. McKane
Phys. Rev. E85, 051912 (2012)
Jamming and pattern formation in models of segregation
T. Rogers and A. J. McKane
Phys. Rev. E85, 041136 (2012)
Demographic noise can lead to the spontaneous formation of species
Tim Rogers, Alan J. McKane, Axel G. Rossberg
Europhys. Lett. 97, 40008 (2012)


2011


Imitation, internal absorption and the reversal of local drift in stochastic evolutionary games
Tobias Galla
arXiv:1006.2960 [q-bio.PE] Journal of Theoretical Biology 269 (2011) 46-56
Stochastic waves in a Brusselator model with nonlocal interaction
T. Biancalani, T. Galla and A. J. McKane
Phys. Rev. E84, 026201 (2011)
Stochastic oscillations in models of epidemics on a network of cities
G. Rozhnova, A. Nunes, and A. J. McKane
Phys. Rev. E84, 051919 (2011)
WKB calculation of an epidemic outbreak distribution
Andrew J. Black, Alan J. McKane
Jour. Stat. Mech.: Theory and Experiment, P12006 (2011)
Multi-Compartment Linear Noise Approximation
Joseph D. Challenger, Alan J. McKane, Jürgen Pahle
arXiv:1112.0672
Stability of growing vesicles
Richard G. Morris, Alan J. McKane
Phys. Rev. E 83, 061151 (2011)
A unified framework for Schelling's model of segregation
T. Rogers, Alan J. McKane
J. Stat. Mech.: Theory and Experiment P07006:1-17 (2011)
Maximum-entropy moment-closure for stochastic systems on networks
Tim Rogers
arxiv:1103.4980, J. Stat. Mech. (2011) P05007
Effects of noise on convergent game learning dynamics
James BT Sanders, Tobias Galla, Jonathan L Shapiro
arxiv:1109.4853 J. Phys. A 45.10 (2012): 105001
Individual impact of agent actions in financial markets
Alex J. Bladon, Esteban Moro, Tobias Galla
arxiv:1109.0119 (submitted to Phys. Rev. E)
Complexity measures, emergence, and multiparticle correlations
Tobias Galla, Otfried Gühne
arxiv:1107.1180 Phys. Rev. E 85.4 (2012) 046209
Learning dynamics in public good games
Alex J. Bladon, Tobias Galla
arxiv:1107.0878 (accepted by Phys. Rev. E)
Complex dynamics of complicated games
Tobias Galla, J. Doyne Farmer
arxiv:1109.4250 PNAS 110.4 (2013) 1232-1236
Optimizing evacuation flow in a two-channel exclusion process
Tobias Galla
arxiv:1104.4634, J. Stat. Mech. (2011) P09004
Quasi-waves in a Brusselator model with nonlocal interaction
Tommaso Biancalani, Tobias Galla, Alan J. McKane
arxiv:1104.0567, Phys. Rev. E 84 (2011) 026201
Fixation and escape times in stochastic game learning
John Realpe-Gomez, Bartosz Szczesny, Luca Dall'Asta, Tobias Galla
arXiv:1102.0876
Cycles of cooperation and defection in imperfect learning
Tobias Galla
arXiv:1101.4378, J. Stat. Mech. (2011) P08007

2010


Stochastic amplification in an epidemic model with seasonal forcing
A. J. Black and A. J. McKane
J. Theor. Biol. 267, 85-94 (2010).
Dynamical description of vesicle growth and shape change
R. G. Morris, D. Fanelli and A. J. McKane
Phys. Rev. E82, 031125 (2010).
Diffusion in a crowded environment
D. Fanelli and A. J. McKane
Phys. Rev. E82, 021113 (2010).
Evolutionary dynamics, intrinsic noise and cycles of cooperation
A. J. Bladon, T. Galla and A. J. McKane
Phys. Rev. E81, 066122 (2010).
Stochasticity in staged models of epidemics: quantifying the dynamics of whooping cough
A. J. Black and A. J. McKane
J. R. Soc. Interface 7, 1219-1227 (2010).
A spatial model of autocatalytic reactions
P. de Anna, F. Di Patti, D. Fanelli, A. J. McKane and T. Dauxois
Phys. Rev. E81, 056110 (2010).
Independence and interdependence in the nest-site choice by honeybee swarms:
agent-based models, analytical approaches and pattern formation

Tobias Galla
arXiv:0909.1582v1 [q-bio.PE], J. Theor. Biol. 262 (2010) 186

2009


Stochastic fluctuations in the susceptible-infective-recovered model with distributed infectious periods
A. J. Black, A. J. McKane, A. Nunes and A. Parisi
Phys. Rev. E80, 021922 (2009).
Comparison of food webs constructed by evolution and by immigration
C. R. Powell and A. J. McKane
Ecol. Complexity 6, 316-327 (2009).
Minority games, evolving capitals and replicator dynamics
Tobias Galla, Yi-Cheng Zhang
arXiv:0908.2347v1 [physics.soc-ph], J. Stat. Mech. (2009) P11012
Intrinsic noise in game dynamical learning
Tobias Galla
arXiv:0910.4022v1 [physics.soc-ph], Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 198702 (2009)
Reply to `Comment on `Thermodynamics of vesicle growth and instability' '
D. Fanelli and A. J. McKane
Phys. Rev. E80, 013402 (2009).
Stochastic Processes
A. J. McKane
Encyclopedia of Complexity and System Science, R. A. Meyers (ed) (Springer, New York, 2009). pp 8766-8783.
Modeling language change: An evaluation of Trudgill's theory of the emergence of New Zealand English
G. J. Baxter, R. A. Blythe, W. Croft and A. J. McKane
Language Variation and Change 21, 257-296 (2009). Supplementary Material.
Limit cycles, complex Floquet multipliers, and intrinsic noise
R. P. Boland, T. Galla and A. J. McKane
Phys. Rev. E79, 051131 (2009).
Enhanced stochastic oscillations in autocatalytic reactions
T. Dauxois, F. Di Patti, D. Fanelli and A. J. McKane
Phys. Rev. E79, 036112 (2009).
Intrinsic fluctuations in stochastic delay systems:
theoretical description and application to a simple model of gene regulation

Tobias Galla
arXiv:0901.3271v1 [q-bio.MM] Phys. Rev. E 80, 021909 (2009)
Synchronization of coupled demographic oscillators
Tobias Galla
arXiv:0811.3689v1 [nlin.AO]
Stability and dynamical properties of material flow systems on random networks
Kartik Anand, Tobias Galla
arXiv:0902.2075 [cond-mat.dis-nn] Eur. Phys. J. B 68, 587-600 (2009)
Spherical grand-canonical minority games with and without score discounting
Alex Bladon, Thomas Richardson, Tobias Galla
arXiv:0810.1191v1 [physics.soc-ph], J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 42 (2009) 095007

More publications can be found on the group members' individual pages.