Modeling multiscale patterns: active matter, minimal models, and explanatory autonomy.

Both ecologists and statistical physicists use a variety of highly idealized models to study active matter and self-organizing critical phenomena. In this paper, I show how universality classes play a crucial role in justifying the application of highly idealized ‘minimal’ models to explain and unde...

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Publicado en:Synthese Vol. 200; no. 6; pp. 1 - 36
Autor principal: Rice, Collin
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Dec2022
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