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A model for the bus system in Cuernavaca (Mexico)

Jinho Baik1, Alexei Borodin2, Percy Deift3 and Toufic Suidan4

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The bus system in Cuernavaca, Mexico and its connections to random matrix distributions have been the subject of an interesting recent study by M Krbálek and P Šeba in [15, 16]. In this paper we introduce and analyse a microscopic model for the bus system. We show that introducing a natural repulsion does produce random matrix distributions in natural double scaling regimes. The techniques employed include non-intersecting paths, logarithmic potential theory, determinantal point processes, and asymptotic analysis of several orthogonal polynomial ensembles. In addition, we introduce a circular bus model and include various calculations of non-crossing probabilities.


PACS

89.40.Bb Land transportation

05.40.-a Fluctuation phenomena, random processes, noise, and Brownian motion

02.10.Yn Matrix theory

02.50.-r Probability theory, stochastic processes, and statistics

MSC

62H10 Distribution of statistics

60J20 Applications of discrete Markov processes (social mobility, learning theory, industrial processes, etc.) (See also 90B30, 91D10, 91D35, 91E40)

15A52 Random matrices

62Exx Distribution theory (See also 60Exx)

82C70 Transport processes

90B06 Transportation, logistics

Subjects

Mathematical physics

Computational physics

Environmental and Earth science

Statistical physics and nonlinear systems

Dates

Issue 28 (14 July 2006)

Received 19 October 2005, in final form 17 January 2006

Published 27 June 2006



  1. A model for the bus system in Cuernavaca (Mexico)

    Jinho Baik et al 2006 J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 39 8965

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