Volume 48, Issue 12 pp. 12349-12364
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Emergent Dynamics of an Orientation Flocking Model With Distance-Dependent Delay

Zhengyang Qiao

Zhengyang Qiao

Department of Mathematics, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China

Contribution: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing - original draft

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Yicheng Liu

Corresponding Author

Yicheng Liu

Department of Mathematics, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China

Correspondence:

Yicheng Liu ([email protected])

Contribution: Writing - review & editing, Supervision, Project administration

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Xiao Wang

Xiao Wang

Department of Mathematics, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China

Contribution: Writing - review & editing, Supervision

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Maoli Chen

Maoli Chen

Beijing Institute of Control and Electronic Technology, Beijing, China

Contribution: Writing - review & editing

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First published: 04 May 2025

Funding: This work was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (12371180) and Hunan Provincial Graduate Student Innovation Program (CX20230004).

ABSTRACT

In this paper, we investigate the dynamical behaviors of an orientation flocking model that incorporates state-dependent delay. The research unfolds in three principal phases: First, we establish the global existence and uniqueness of solutions for our system. Subsequently, we develop a comprehensive theoretical framework that provides sufficient conditions for the emergence of orientation flocking phenomena. In particular, this framework remains valid regardless of the number of particles N $$ N $$ . In the final phase of our analysis, we perform a systematic derivation of the mean-field limit for the discrete system, accompanied by a proof of global well-posedness for the resulting mean-field equations. Furthermore, we demonstrate that our theoretical results and analytical framework naturally extend to and encompass the case of orientation flocking models with constant time delays.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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