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Intermittent search strategies
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This review examines intermittent target search strategies, which combine phases of slow motion, allowing the searcher to detect the target, and phases of fast motion during which targets cannot be detected. It is first shown that intermittent search strategies are actually widely observed at various scales. At the macroscopic scale, this is, for example, the case of animals looking for food; at the microscopic scale, intermittent transport patterns are involved in a reaction pathway of DNA-binding proteins as well as in intracellular transport. Second, generic stochastic models are introduced, which show that intermittent strategies are efficient strategies that enable the minimization of search time. This suggests that the intrinsic efficiency of intermittent search strategies could justify their frequent observation in nature. Last, beyond these modeling aspects, it is proposed that intermittent strategies could also be used in a broader context to design and accelerate search processes.
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- Authors
- Bénichou, O., Loverdo, C., Moreau, M., & Voituriez, R.
- Venue
- Reviews of Modern Physics
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 2011-03-28
- Volume
- 83
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 81-129
- ISSN
- 0034-6861 (ISSN-L)
- 1539-0756
- OpenAlex
- W1994660545
- Cited by
- 765
- References
- 7
- FWCI
- 14.81
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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