Fig. 1: Use cases of adaptive resetting.
From: Adaptive resetting for informed search strategies and the design of non-equilibrium steady-states
a Informed search strategies. To shorten search time, a foraging animal occasionally returns home (resetting). The animal adapts its resetting rate by gathering information on the proximity of food, e.g., by using the sense of smell. In this way, it avoids undesirable home returns, allowing it to locate food much faster. b Non-equilibrium steady-state (NESS) design via adaptive resetting. Starting from a Boltzmann distribution (upper panel), resetting to the same initial conditions at a state-independent rate results in the same steady-state (lower left panel). However, position-dependent resetting can produce nonuniform distributions, such as the curved arrow-shaped distribution in the lower right panel.
