3 papers
cond-mat.stat-mech2026
Exact collective first-passage statistics of N trail-interacting walkers
Paul Pineau, Julien Brémont, Olivier Bénichou +1
Memory encoded in the environment mediates interactions between active agents, from trail-following organisms to synthetic active matter depositing persistent tracks. Although such…
cond-mat.stat-mech2025
Collective dynamics of trail-interacting particles
Paul Pineau, Samuel Bell, Raphaël Voituriez +1
Trail interactions occur when past particle trajectories bias future motion, rendering the system out of thermodynamic equilibrium. While such systems are abundant in nature, their…
physics.soc-ph2023
The effect of Collaborative-Filtering based Recommendation Algorithms on Opinion Polarization
Alessandro Bellina, Claudio Castellano, Paul Pineau +2
A central role in shaping the experience of users online is played by recommendation algorithms. On the one hand they help retrieving content that best suits users taste, but on th…