Cluster formation dynamics of heterogeneous agents
Eduardo Barbosa1; Everaldo Arashiro2; Carlos Felipe Pinheiro1; Alcides Castro e Silva1
1 Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto; 2 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande
Resumo
This work studies the dynamic of particles under the influence of attraction and repulsion. The main objective is to analyze how the heterogeneity can affect the formation or dissolution of clusters. The dynamic of many particles is impossible to solve by analytical way, so computer simulation is essential. The particles are discs in a plane and similarity or antagonism among them is defined by their colors based on the RGB code. Particles are attracted if their colors are similar and repelled otherwise. Clusters are formed by non-elastic collisions. Adopting a system with 3 different gray colors and a fixed number of particles, we show that different concentrations can affect the cluster size and the time it is formed.
Palavras-chave: Complex Networks; Numerical Simulation; Stochastic Model