A CONGESTION MODEL FOR CELL MIGRATION

作者:Dambrine Julien*; Meunier Nicolas; Maury Bertrand; Roudneff Chupin Aude
来源:Communications on Pure and Applied Analysis, 2012, 11(1): 243-260.
DOI:10.3934/cpaa.2012.11.243

摘要

This paper deals with a class of macroscopic models for cell migration in a saturated medium for two-species mixtures. Those species tend to achieve some motion according to a desired velocity, and congestion forces them to adapt their velocity. This adaptation is modelled by a correction velocity which is chosen minimal in a least-square sense. We are especially interested in two situations: a single active species moves in a passive matrix (cell migration) with a given desired velocity, and a closed-loop Keller-Segel type model, where the desired velocity is the gradient of a self-emitted chemoattractant. %26lt;br%26gt;We propose a theoretical framework for the open-loop model (desired velocities are defined as gradients of given functions) based on a formulation in the form of a gradient flow in the Wasserstein space. We propose a numerical strategy to discretize the model, and illustrate its behaviour in the case of a prescribed velocity, and for the saturated Keller-Segel model.

  • 出版日期2012-1