The evolution of cooperation in asymmetric systems

Explaining "Tragedy of the Commons" of evolution of cooperation remains one of the greatest problems for both biology and social science. Asymmetrical interaction, which is one of the most important characteristics of cooperative system, has not been sufficiently considered in the existing models of the evolution of cooperation. Considering the inequality in the number and payoff between the cooperative actors and recipients in cooperation systems, discriminative density-dependent interference competition will occur in limited dispersal systems. Our model and simulation show that the local but not the global stability of a cooperative interaction can be maintained if the utilization of common resource remains unsaturated, which can be achieved by density-dependent restraint or competition among the cooperative actors. More intense density dependent interference competition among the cooperative actors and the ready availability of the common resource, with a higher intrinsic contribution ratio of a cooperative actor to the recipient, will increase the probability of cooperation. The cooperation between the recipient and the cooperative actors can be transformed into conflict and, it oscillates chaotically with variations of the affecting factors under different environmental or ecological conditions. The higher initial relatedness (i.e. similar to kin or reciprocity relatedness), which is equivalent to intrinsic contribution ratio of a cooperative actor to the recipient, can be selected for by penalizing less cooperative or cheating actors but rewarding cooperative individuals in asymmetric systems. The initial relatedness is a pivot but not the aim of evolution of cooperation. This explains well the direct conflict observed in almost all cooperative systems.

An Enhanced Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm

Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm is often used for finding optimal solution, but it easily entraps into the local extremum in later evolution period. Based on improved chaos searching strategy, an enhanced particle swarm optimization algorithm is proposed in this study. When particles get into the local extremum, they are activated by chaos search strategy, where the chaos search area is controlled in the neighborhood of current optimal solution by reducing search area of variables. The new algorithm not only gets rid of the local extremum effectively but also enhances the precision of convergence significantly. Experiment results show that the proposed algorithm is better than standard PSO algorithm in both precision and stability.

Period-doubling bifurcations of the thermocapillary convection in a floating half zone

This study experimentally explored the fine structures of the successive period-doubling bifurcations of the time-dependent thermocapillary convection in a floating half zone of 10 cSt silicone oil with the diameter d (0)=3.00 mm and the aspect ratio A=l/d (0)=0.72 in terrestrial conditions. The onset of time-dependent thermocapillary convection predominated in this experimental configuration and its subsequent evolution were experimentally detected through the local temperature measurements. The experimental results revealed a sequence of period-doubling bifurcations of the time-dependent thermocapillary convection, similar in some way to one of the routes to chaos for buoyant natural convection. The critical frequencies and the corresponding fractal frequencies were extracted through the real-time analysis of the frequency spectra by Fast-Fourier-Transformation (FFT). The projections of the trajectory onto the reconstructed phase-space were also provided. Furthermore, the experimentally predicted Feigenbaum constants were quite close to the theoretical asymptotic value of 4.669 [Feigenbaum M J. Phys Lett A, 1979, 74: 375-378].

Slow cross-symmetry phase relaxation in complex collisions

We discuss the effect of slow phase relaxation and the spin off-diagonal S-matrix correlations on the cross-section energy oscillations and the time evolution of the highly excited intermediate systems formed in complex collisions. Such deformed intermediate complexes with strongly overlapping resonances can be formed in heavy-ion collisions, bimolecular chemical reactions, and atomic cluster collisions. The effects of quasiperiodic energy dependence of the cross sections, coherent rotation of the hyperdeformed similar or equal to(3 : 1) intermediate complex, Schrodinger cat states, and quantum-classical transition are studied for Mg-24 + Si-28 heavy-ion scattering.

Evolution of spiral wave and pattern formation in a vortical polarized electric field

In this paper, the evolution of the pattern transition induced by the vortical electric field (VEF) is investigated. Firstly, a scheme is suggested to generate the VEF by changing the spatial magnetic field. Secondly, the VEF is imposed on the whole medium, and the evolutions of the spiral wave and the spatiotemporal chaos are investigated by using the numerical simulation. The result confirms that the drift and the breakup of the spiral wave and the new net-like pattern are observed when different polarized fields are imposed on the whole medium respectively. Finally, the pattern transition induced by the polarized field is discussed theoretically.

Largely deformed dinuclear system formed in F-19+Al-27 dissipative collision

Excitation functions are measured for different charge products of the F-19+(27) Al reaction in the laboratory energy range 110.25-118.75MeV in steps of 250keV at theta(lab) = 57 degrees, 31 degrees and -29 degrees. The coherence rotation angular velocities of the intermediate dinuclear systems formed in the reaction are extracted from the cross section energy autocorrelation functions. Compared the angular velocity extracted from the experimental data with the ones deduced from the sticking limit, it is indicated that a larger deformation of the intermediate dinuclear system exists.

形变原子核系统中的量子混沌运动的研究

按照玻尔的对应原理，将量子力学应用到宏观运动上所得的结果应该与经典力学的结果一致。故而力学系统的混沌特征也必然要在其量子性质上有所表现。迄今，对量子混沌运动研究多局限于研究经典上混沌的系统对应的量子系统有什么量子表现，但这些量子表现的动力学根源仍然不清楚。应用量子可积系统H_0的最小测不准度态作为初绐态，研究了在扰动哈密顿量作用下波包随时间、空间的演化特征。在完全的量子力学动力学描述框架下，量子波包的空-时演化表现了与经典力学中一一对应的对初值的敏感性。对自治的哈密顿系统，选定初始位置的波包始终分布在确定的能区内。起始于经典上混沌的相空间内的相干态，在其时空演化时，所包含的能级呈现GOE分布，能级之间存在着大量的免交叉。免交叉处两能级对应的态函数发生强混杂，呈现非线性共振，因而态函数发生突变。正由于波包中一对对相邻能级、状态之间的这种非线性其振的出现，在确定的动力学方程描述下的波包的确定的空时演化特征变得非常复杂，以至于成为混沌的。我们用系统中一组完备的动力学变量的期望值及其相应的测不准度来描述波包在量子空间的拓扑性质。因此，量子混沌运动可以用与量子规则运动对比的方法进行研究，并用其渐近行为表示其特征。数值计算的结果表明，量子可积系统的最小测不准态波包的空时演化动力学性质确实表现了与相应的经典系统对应的初值敏感性及波包扩展宽度随时间指数式的扩散行为，后者保证了系统的混杂性。而在混杂之后，即波包宽度随时间指数式扩散之后，宽度达到稳定。这时，波包中各状态的分布趋于各态历经。由于采用了徐躬耦先生所建议的等效普朗克常数，我们的结果可方便地推广到经典极限。因此可明确地区分波包的空时演化特征中的量子效应和动力学效应。