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20082026
most citedPersistence in fluctuating environments

169 citations · 527 across the 30 of their papers we have counts for

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32 papers

math.PR2026

Selection principles for quasi-stationary distributions and reinforcement processes

Michel Benaïm, Tresnia Berah, Pierre Germain

Let be a sub-Markov matrix on a finite set , representing the transition probabilities of a Markov chain on \(S\) absorbed at a cemetery point . We conside…

math.DS2024

Sufficient condition for dispersal-induced growth on dynamic networks

Michel Benaïm, Claude Lobry, Tewfik Sari +1

We consider a population spreading across a finite number of sites. Individuals can move from one site to the other according to a network (oriented links between the sites) that v…

math.PR2024

Regularity of invariant densities for random switching between two linear odes in Rd

Michel Benaim, Améthyste Bichard

In a paper entitled singularities of invariant densities for random switching between two linear odes in 2D, Bakhtin et al [5], consider a Markov process obtained by random switchi…

math.PR2024

The asymptotic behavior of fraudulent algorithms

Michel Benaïm, Laurent Miclo

Let be a Morse function on a compact connected -dimensional Riemannian manifold, satisfying and let be the s…

math.PR2023★ 3 cited

On invariant distributions of Feller Markov chains with applications to dynamical systems with random switching

Michel Benaïm, Oliver Tough

We introduce simple conditions ensuring that invariant distributions of a Feller Markov chain on a compact Riemannian manifold are absolutely continuous with a lower semi-continuou…

math.PR2022

Regularity of the stationary density for systems with fast random switching

Michel Benaïm, Oliver Tough

We consider the piecewise-deterministic Markov process obtained by randomly switching between the flows generated by a finite set of smooth vector fields on a compact set. We obtai…

math.PR2021

Transcritical bifurcation for the conditional distribution of a diffusion process

Michel Benaïm, Nicolas Champagnat, William Oçafrain +1

In this article, we describe a simple class of models of absorbed diffusion processes with parameter, whose conditional law exhibits a transcritical bifurcation. Our proofs are bas…

math.DS2021★ 1 cited

Untangling the role of temporal and spatial variations in persistance of populations

Michel Benaïm, Claude Lobry, Tewfik Sari +1

We consider a population distributed between two habitats, in each of which it experiences a growth rate that switches periodically between two values, or $ -…

math.PR2021★ 8 cited

Degenerate processes killed at the boundary of a domain

Michel Benaïm, Nicolas Champagnat, William Oçafrain +1

We investigate certain properties of degenerate Feller processes that are killed when exiting a relatively compact set. Our main result provides general conditions ensuring that su…

math.PR2020

Stochastic persistence in degenerate stochastic Lotka-Volterra food chains

Michel Benaïm, Antoine Bourquin, Dang H. Nguyen

We consider a Lotka-Volterra food chain model with possibly intra-specific competition in a stochastic environment represented by stochastic differential equations. In the non-dege…

math.PR2018★ 10 cited

Stochastic Persistence

Michel Benaim

Let be a continuous time Markov process on some metric space leaving invariant a closed subset called the {\em extinction set}. We give gen…

math.PR2017

Convergence analysis of Adaptive Biasing Potential methods for diffusion processes

Michel Benaïm, Charles-Edouard Bréhier

This article is concerned with the mathematical analysis of a family of adaptive importance sampling algorithms applied to diffusion processes. These methods, referred to as Adapti…

math.PR2017★ 4 cited

Random Switching between Vector Fields Having a Common Zero

Michel Benaïm, Edouard Strickler

Let be a finite set, a family of vector fields on leaving positively invariant a compact set and having a common zero We consi…

math.PR2016★ 1 cited

On strict convergence of stochastic gradients

Michel Benaim

We discuss conditions ensuring the (strict) convergence of stochastic gradient algorithms.

math.DS2016★ 7 cited

Supports of Invariant Measures for Piecewise Deterministic Markov Processes

Michel Benaïm, Fritz Colonius, Lettau Ralph

For a class of piecewise deterministic Markov processes, the supports of the invariant measures are characterized. This is based on the analysis of controllability properties of an…

math.PR2016★ 13 cited

Ergodicity of inhomogeneous Markov chains through asymptotic pseudotrajectories

Michel Benaïm, Florian Bouguet, Bertrand Cloez

In this work, we consider an inhomogeneous (discrete time) Markov chain and are interested in its long time behavior. We provide sufficient conditions to ensure that some of its as…

math.PR2015★ 6 cited

Self-repelling diffusions on a Riemannian manifold

Michel Benaïm, Carl-Erik Gauthier

Let M be a compact connected oriented Riemannian manifold. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the long time behavior of a degenerate stochastic differential equation on th…

math.OC2015★ 3 cited

Smale Strategies for Network Prisoner's Dilemma Games

Kashi Behrstock, Michel Benaïm, Morris W. Hirsch

Smale's approach \cite{Smale80} to the classical two-players repeated Prisoner's Dilemma game is revisited here for -players and Network games in the framework of Blackwell's ap…

math.PR2014★ 61 cited

Lotka Volterra in fluctuating environment or "how switching between beneficial environments can make survival harder"

Michel Benaïm, Claude Lobry

We consider two dimensional Lotka-Volterra systems in fluctuating environment. Relying on recent results on stochastic persistence and piecewise deterministic Markov processes, we…

math.PR2014★ 21 cited

Self-repelling diffusions via an infinite dimensional approach

Michel Benaim, Ioana Ciotir, Carl-Erik Gauthier

In the present work we study self-interacting diffusions following an infinite dimensional approach. First we prove existence and uniqueness of a solution with Markov property. The…

math.PR2014★ 28 cited

A stochastic approximation approach to quasi-stationary distributions on finite spaces

Michel Benaïm, Bertrand Cloez

This work is concerned with the analysis of a stochastic approximation algorithm for the simulation of quasi-stationary distributions on finite state spaces. This is a generalizati…

math.PR2013★ 2 cited

A generalized Pólya's Urn with graph based interactions: convergence at linearity

Jun Chen, Cyrille Lucas

We consider a special case of the generalized Pólya's urn model introduced by Benaim et al (2013). Given a finite connected graph , place a bin at each vertex. Two bins are call…

math.PR2012★ 44 cited

A generalized Polya's urn with graph based interactions

Michel Benaim, Itai Benjamini, Jun Chen +1

Given a finite connected graph G, place a bin at each vertex. Two bins are called a pair if they share an edge of G. At discrete times, a ball is added to each pair of bins. In a p…

math.PR2012★ 15 cited

Strongly Vertex-Reinforced-Random-Walk on the complete graph

Michel Benaïm, Olivier Raimond, Bruno Schapira

We study Vertex-Reinforced-Random-Walk on the complete graph with weights of the form , with . Unlike for the Edge-Reinforced-Random-Walk, which in this case localiz…