How the spatial position of individuals affects their influence on swarms: a numerical comparison of two popular swarm dynamics models.

Schools of fish and flocks of birds are examples of self-organized animal groups that arise through social interactions among individuals. We numerically study two individual-based models, which recent empirical studies have suggested to explain self-organized group animal behavior: (i) a zone-based...

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Main Authors: Allison Kolpas, Michael Busch, Hong Li, Iain D Couzin, Linda Petzold, Jeff Moehlis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3605438?pdf=render