We consider a one-dimensional elastic string as a set of massless beads interacting through springs characterized by anisotropic elastic constants. The string, driven by an external force, moves in a medium with quenched disorder. We find that longitudinal fluctuations lead to nonlinear behavior in the equation of motion that is kinematically generated by the motion of the string. The strength ...

R J(x − y)u(x, t)dy is the rate at which they are leaving location x to travel to all other sites. This consideration, in the absence of external sources, leads immediately to the fact that the density u satisfies equation (1.1). Throughout this note we shall assume also that J is a decreasing radial function whose support is the unit ball. Under these hypotheses we have that individuals that a...

We consider a slotted-ALOHA LAN with loss-averse, noncooperative greedy users. To avoid non-Pareto equilibria, particularly deadlock, we assume probabilistic loss-averse behavior. This behavior is modeled as a modulated white noise term, in addition to the greedy term, creating a diffusion process modeling the game. We observe that when player’s modulate with their throughput, a more efficient ...