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Optimization of the Mean First Passage Time in Near-Disk and Elliptical Domains in 2-D with Small Absorbing Traps
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2020
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The determination of the mean first passage time (MFPT) for a Brownian particle in a bounded 2-D domain containing small absorbing traps is a fundamental problem with biophysical applications. ...
We develop a hybrid asymptotic-numerical approach to predict optimal configurations of m small stationary circular absorbing traps that minimize the average MFPT in near-disk and elliptical domains. ...
the average mean first capture time of the particle. ...
arXiv:2006.12722v1
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Simulation and Optimization of Mean First Passage Time Problems in 2-D using Numerical Embedded Methods and Perturbation Theory
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2019
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We develop novel numerical methods and perturbation approaches to determine the mean first passage time (MFPT) for a Brownian particle to be captured by either small stationary or mobile traps inside a ...
bounded 2-D confining domain. ...
The authors thank Justin Tzou for discussions that lead to the time-relaxation algorithm for moving trap problems. ...
arXiv:1911.07842v1
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Global Optimization of the Mean First Passage Time for Narrow Capture Problems in Elliptic Domains
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2022
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In a recent paper , an explicit size- and trap location-dependent expansion of the average mean first passage time (MFPT) in a 2D elliptic domain was derived. ...
Further, an asymptotic formula the for the average MFPT in elliptic domains with N circular traps of arbitrary sizes is derived, and sample optimal configurations involving non-equal traps are computed ...
Acknowledgements A.C. is thankful to NSERC of Canada for research support through the Discovery grant RGPIN-2019-05570. ...
arXiv:2101.08368v2
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Mean first passage time for a small rotating trap inside a reflective disk
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2014
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We compute the mean first passage time (MFPT) for a Brownian particle inside a two-dimensional disk with reflective boundaries and a small interior trap that is rotating at a constant angular velocity. ...
In the regime 1 ≪ω≪O(ε^-1) the optimal trap path approaches the boundary of the disk. However as ω is further increased to O(ε^-1), the optimal trap path "jumps" closer to the origin. ...
Kolokolnikov is supported by NSERC discovery and NSERC accelerator grants. We thank Michael Ward for useful discussions and suggestions. ...
arXiv:1405.2302v2
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Mathematical modeling and numerical computation of narrow escape problems
2012
Physical Review E
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The narrow escape problem refers to the problem of calculating the mean first passage time (MFPT) needed for an average Brownian particle to leave a domain with an insulating boundary containing N small ...
This mean first passage time satisfies the Poisson partial differential equation (PDE) subject to a mixed Dirichlet-Neumann boundary condition on the domain boundary, with the Dirichlet condition corresponding ...
Acknowledgements The authors are grateful to NSERC for research support through Discovery grants (A.C. and M.J.W.) and a USRA fellowship (A.R.). ...
doi:10.1103/physreve.85.021131
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Diffusion on a Sphere with Localized Traps: Mean First Passage Time, Eigenvalue Asymptotics, and Fekete Points
2009
SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics
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Here, we attack this problem by calculating asymptotic results for the mean first passage time for a diffusing particle confined to the surface of a sphere, in the presence of N partially absorbing traps ...
The rate at which the small diffusing molecule becomes captured by one of the traps is determined by asymptotically calculating the principal eigenvalue for the Laplace operator on the sphere with small ...
In the context of the mean first passage time problem, the constant χ in (3. ...
doi:10.1137/080733280
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Optimization of First Passage Times by Multiple Cooperating Mobile Traps
2017
Multiscale Modeling & simulation
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We study the mean capture time of an unbiased random walker by multiple absorbing mobile traps in bounded domains of one and two spatial dimensions. ...
In two dimensions, we consider two small traps rotating with the same angular velocity ω inside a unit disk, and characterize the optimal positions (radii of rotation and relative phase) of the two traps ...
RGPIN-33798 and NSERC Accelerator Grant No. RG-PAS/461907. We gratefully acknowledge the anonymous reviewers whose feedback greatly improved the presentation of this article. ...
doi:10.1137/16m1060169
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Mean First Passage Time for a Small Rotating Trap inside a Reflective Disk
2015
Multiscale Modeling & simulation
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We compute the mean first passage time (MFPT) for a Brownian particle inside a two-dimensional disk with reflective boundaries and a small interior trap that is rotating at a constant angular velocity. ...
In Figure 1 (a), we illustrate a scenario in which a trap is located at x = 1/2 on a domain with reflecting boundaries at x = 0 and x = 1. ...
The authors thank Michael Ward for useful discussions and suggestions. ...
doi:10.1137/140968604
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An Asymptotic Analysis of the Mean First Passage Time for Narrow Escape Problems: Part I: Two-Dimensional Domains
2010
Multiscale Modeling & simulation
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The mean first passage time (MFPT) is calculated for a Brownian particle in a bounded two-dimensional domain that contains N small nonoverlapping absorbing windows on its boundary. ...
In the asymptotic limit where the absorbing patches have small measure, the method of matched asymptotic expansions is used to calculate the MFPT in an arbitrary two-dimensional domain with a smooth boundary ...
Cyril Muratov of NJIT for exhibiting the connection between our results and the dilute fraction limit of homogenization theory discussed in section 3. ...
doi:10.1137/090752511
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Asymptotic Methods For PDE Problems In Fluid Mechanics and Related Systems With Strong Localized Perturbations In Two-Dimensional Domains
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2010
Asymptotic Methods in Fluid Mechanics: Survey and Recent Advances
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bodies, eigenvalue problems in perforated domains, the calculation of the mean first passage time for Brownian motion in a domain with small traps, etc. ...
Denoting the trajectory of the Brownian particle by X(t), the mean first passage time (MFPT) v(x) is defined as the expectation value of the time τ taken for the Brownian particle to become absorbed somewhere ...
a cell-signaling problem in mathematical biology (cf. [52] ), the narrow escape problem from a sphere that has small absorbing windows on its boundary, and the mean first passage time in a three-dimensional ...
doi:10.1007/978-3-7091-0408-8_2
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An Asymptotic Analysis of the Mean First Passage Time for Narrow Escape Problems: Part II: The Sphere
2010
Multiscale Modeling & simulation
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The mean first passage time (MFPT) is calculated for a Brownian particle in a spherical domain in R 3 that contains N small nonoverlapping absorbing windows, or traps, on its boundary. ...
Denoting the trajectory of the Brownian particle by X(t), the mean first passage time (MFPT) v(x) is defined as the expectation value of the time τ taken for the Brownian particle to become absorbed somewhere ...
We would like to thank Sheldon Richards and Professor Raymond Spiteri of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Saskatchewan for providing Table 4 .2. ...
doi:10.1137/100782620
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Trapping of Planar Brownian Motion: Full First Passage Time Distributions by Kinetic Monte-Carlo, Asymptotic and Boundary Integral Methods
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2021
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In contrast to problems posed in finite domains, simple moments of the distribution, such as the mean (MFPT) and variance, are not defined and it is necessary to obtain the full arrival statistics. ...
To validate the results of this theory, and to obtain the arrival time statistics in very general configurations of absorbers, we introduce an efficient Kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) method that describes ...
Preceding works on the theory of first arrival times to small absorbing sites have largely focussed on determining moments such as the mean first passage time (MFPT) [11, 15, 18-20, 33, 34] and in some ...
arXiv:2112.06842v1
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Time scale of diffusion in molecular and cellular biology
2014
Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
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The narrow escape time NET in diffusion theory is the mean first passage time (MFPT) of a Brownian trajectory to a small absorbing part of an otherwise reflecting boundary of a bounded domain. ...
The coarse-grained time scale of cellular function is determined from molecular diffusion by the mean first passage time of molecular Brownian motion to a small targets or through narrow passages. ...
doi:10.1088/1751-8113/47/17/173001
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Geometrical structure of Laplacian eigenfunctions
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2013
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We summarize the properties of eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the Laplace operator in bounded Euclidean domains with Dirichlet, Neumann or Robin boundary condition. ...
The main focus is put onto multiple intricate relations between the shape of a domain and the geometrical structure of eigenfunctions. ...
The authors thank H. Obuse and A. Barnett for providing their images of eigenfunctions and allowing us to reproduce them. We acknowledge fruitful discussions with Y. G. Sinai and A. L. Delitsyn. ...
arXiv:1206.1278v2
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Surveying Diffusion in Complex Geometries. An Essay
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2009
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We look into the role of geometrical complexity at different levels, from boundary microroughness to hierarchical structure and connectivity of the whole diffusion-confining domain. ...
Here, the geometrical complexity, entangled with the stochastic character of diffusive motion, results in numerous fascinating and sometimes unexpected effects like diffusion screening or localization. ...
Plapp for careful proofreading of the manuscript and numerous advices. ...
arXiv:0909.1588v1
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