Mapping the Phase Diagram of the Vicsek Model with Machine Learning

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Auteurs principaux: Bai, Grace T., Le, Brandon B.
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author Bai, Grace T.
Le, Brandon B.
author_facet Bai, Grace T.
Le, Brandon B.
contents In this study, we use machine learning to classify and interpolate the phase structure of the Vicsek flocking model across the three-dimensional parameter space $(η,ρ,v_0)$. We construct a dataset of simulated parameter points and characterize each point using long-time dynamical observables. These observables are then used as inputs to a K-Means clustering procedure, which assigns each point to a disorder, order, or coexistence phase. Using these clustered labels, we train a neural-network classifier to learn the mapping from model parameters to phase behavior, achieving a classification accuracy of 0.92. The resulting phase map resolves a narrow coexistence region separating the ordered and disordered phases and extends the inferred phase boundaries beyond the originally sampled simulation points. More broadly, this approach provides a systematic way to convert sparse simulation data into a global phase diagram for collective-motion models.
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spellingShingle Mapping the Phase Diagram of the Vicsek Model with Machine Learning
Bai, Grace T.
Le, Brandon B.
Soft Condensed Matter
Machine Learning
In this study, we use machine learning to classify and interpolate the phase structure of the Vicsek flocking model across the three-dimensional parameter space $(η,ρ,v_0)$. We construct a dataset of simulated parameter points and characterize each point using long-time dynamical observables. These observables are then used as inputs to a K-Means clustering procedure, which assigns each point to a disorder, order, or coexistence phase. Using these clustered labels, we train a neural-network classifier to learn the mapping from model parameters to phase behavior, achieving a classification accuracy of 0.92. The resulting phase map resolves a narrow coexistence region separating the ordered and disordered phases and extends the inferred phase boundaries beyond the originally sampled simulation points. More broadly, this approach provides a systematic way to convert sparse simulation data into a global phase diagram for collective-motion models.
title Mapping the Phase Diagram of the Vicsek Model with Machine Learning
topic Soft Condensed Matter
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.28167