SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems· 2026Q1
From Flocking to Jamming in Collective Cell Dynamics: A Vicsek-Like Model Including Contact Forces
- 0citations
- Q1SCImago
- 2026year
Short summary
A new agent-based model integrates Vicsek-like polarity alignment with contact forces, velocity feedback, and soft attraction-repulsion to simulate collective cell dynamics.
AI-generated from the title and abstract; the full text is not read.
Key points
- Developed a new agent-based model combining Vicsek-like polarity alignment and contact forces.
- Incorporated velocity feedback and soft attraction-repulsion interactions.
- Model successfully reproduces flocking order-disorder transitions and high-density jamming effects.
- Framework is proposed as a theoretical tool for studying collective cell dynamics and tissue flows.
AI-generated from the title and abstract; the full text is not read.
Abstract
Abstract. The goal of the present work is to propose an agent-based model that originally combines classical Vicsek-like polarity alignments and contact forces, as implemented in the framework developed by Maury and Venel in [ ESAIM Math. Model. Numer. Anal., 45 (2011), pp. 145–168]. The description additionally incorporates velocity feedback on polarity and soft attraction-repulsion interactions. After carefully studying the well posedness of the model, we introduce a suitable discretization and perform an extensive range of numerical experiments to assess the impact of different modeling ingredients. The dynamical system is capable of recovering the order-disorder phase transition of the flock, as well as the jamming effect in high density regimes. As such, the developed framework can be seen as a promising theoretical tool that could contribute to improving the understanding of complex collective cell dynamics and emerging tissue flows.
The authors' abstract, as published at the source. SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, 2026 · DOI ↗
Continue with a free account
Ask the paper: 3 free questions a day about this paper; save it, get its citation, new summaries every day for your field. Takeaways are Premium.
Continue free on the webSign in with Google or Apple; no card needed. You come back to this paper.
On your phone:
Field: Modeling and Simulation
Modeling and SimulationMathematics