Difference between revisions of "Chemotaxis"
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# Generate a random unit vector <math>\vec c</math>, as a potential chemotactic force acting on <math>p</math>. | # Generate a random unit vector <math>\vec c</math>, as a potential chemotactic force acting on <math>p</math>. | ||
# Along vector <math>\vec c</math>, sample <math>C</math> ahead of <math>p</math>, as well as behind <math>p</math>, as <math>C^+</math> and <math>C^-</math>, respectively. | # Along vector <math>\vec c</math>, sample <math>C</math> ahead of <math>p</math>, as well as behind <math>p</math>, as <math>C^+</math> and <math>C^-</math>, respectively. | ||
| + | #Calculate <math>\triangle F</math> using: <math>\triangle F = λ(C^+ - C^-)</math> | ||
Revision as of 22:37, 15 December 2016
This tutorial will guide you through the steps of adding a chemotactic force to the cells in your simulation. Requirements for chemotaxis include a population of agents, and a chemical field of a chemoattractant. The agents will move along the chemical gradient toward the chemoattractant.
In this example, a simple method is used to calculate the chemotactic force on a particle which responds to a chemoattractant , as follows:
- Generate a random unit vector , as a potential chemotactic force acting on .
- Along vector , sample ahead of , as well as behind , as and , respectively.
- Calculate using: Failed to parse (syntax error): {\displaystyle \triangle F = λ(C^+ - C^-)}
