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Main Authors: Videla, Leonardo, Tejo, Mauricio, Quiñinao, Cristóbal, Marquet, Pablo A., Rebolledo, Rolando
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.02809
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author Videla, Leonardo
Tejo, Mauricio
Quiñinao, Cristóbal
Marquet, Pablo A.
Rebolledo, Rolando
author_facet Videla, Leonardo
Tejo, Mauricio
Quiñinao, Cristóbal
Marquet, Pablo A.
Rebolledo, Rolando
contents We study the large-time behavior of an ensemble of entities obeying replicator-like stochastic dynamics with mean-field interactions as a model for a primordial ecology. We prove the propagation-of-chaos property and establish conditions for the strong persistence of the $N$-replicator system and the existence of invariant distributions for a class of associated McKean-Vlasov dynamics. In particular, our results show that, unlike typical models of neutral ecology, fitness equivalence does not need to be assumed but emerges as a condition for the persistence of the system. Further, neutrality is associated with a unique Dirichlet invariant probability measure. We illustrate our findings with some simple case studies, provide numerical results, and discuss our conclusions in the light of Neutral Theory in ecology.
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spellingShingle Persistence and neutrality in interacting replicator dynamics
Videla, Leonardo
Tejo, Mauricio
Quiñinao, Cristóbal
Marquet, Pablo A.
Rebolledo, Rolando
Probability
Mathematical Physics
60H10, 92D25
We study the large-time behavior of an ensemble of entities obeying replicator-like stochastic dynamics with mean-field interactions as a model for a primordial ecology. We prove the propagation-of-chaos property and establish conditions for the strong persistence of the $N$-replicator system and the existence of invariant distributions for a class of associated McKean-Vlasov dynamics. In particular, our results show that, unlike typical models of neutral ecology, fitness equivalence does not need to be assumed but emerges as a condition for the persistence of the system. Further, neutrality is associated with a unique Dirichlet invariant probability measure. We illustrate our findings with some simple case studies, provide numerical results, and discuss our conclusions in the light of Neutral Theory in ecology.
title Persistence and neutrality in interacting replicator dynamics
topic Probability
Mathematical Physics
60H10, 92D25
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.02809