Analysis of a cross-diffusion model for rival gangs interaction in a city*

Alethea B.T. Barbaro*, Nancy Rodriguez, Havva Yoldas, Nicola Zamponi

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Abstract

We study a two-species cross-diffusion model that is inspired by a system of convectiondiffusion equations derived from an agent-based model on a two-dimensional discrete lattice. The latter model has been proposed to simulate gang territorial development through the use of graffiti markings. We find two energy functionals for the system that allow us to prove a weak-stability result and identify equilibrium solutions. We show that under the natural definition of weak solutions, obtained from the weak-stability result, the system does not allow segregated solutions. Moreover, we present a result on the long-term behavior of solutions in the case when the masses of the densities are smaller than a critical value. This result is complemented with numerical experiments.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2139-2175
Number of pages37
JournalCommunications in Mathematical Sciences
Volume19
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

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Keywords

  • Cross-diffusion
  • Entropy method
  • Equilibrium solutions
  • Gang dynamics
  • Linear stability
  • Long-time behaviour
  • Numerical simulations
  • Partial differential equations
  • Weak stability

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