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A mathematical approach to study the relation between the micro- and macro-dynamics of a Micro-Agent population will be developed in this chapter. The approach is motivated by the results of Kinetic Gas Theory [39]. Kinetic Gas Theory deals with a model in which a gas consists of a very large number of small particles in motion. The motivation to exploit this statistical physics reasoning originates from the consideration of a gas as a population of individual particles. A straightforward application of this theory to a general Micro-Agent population is not possible. However, it provides us with an insight on how to make a bridge between the micro-dynamics of the individual Micro-Agent and the Micro-Agent population macro-dynamics.
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(2007). Micro-Agent Population Dynamics. In: Cells and Robots. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, vol 32. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71982-3_4
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