Flocking (behavior)

Known as: Flocking behavior, Flocking (behaviour), Flocks 
Flocking behavior is the behavior exhibited when a group of birds, called a flock, are foraging or in flight. There are parallels with the shoaling… (More)
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
A New Model for Self-organized Dynamics and Its Flocking Behavior
We introduce a model for self-organized dynamics which, we argue, addresses several drawbacks of the celebrated Cucker-Smale (C-S… (More)
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Hybrid Control for Connectivity Preserving Flocking
In this technical note, we address the combined problem of motion and network topology control in a group of mobile agents with… (More)
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Emergent Behavior in Flocks
We provide a model (for both continuous and discrete time) describing the evolution of a flock. Our model is parameterized by a… (More)
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Flocking while preserving network connectivity
Coordinated motion of multiple agents raises fundamental and novel problems in control theory and robotics. In particular, in… (More)
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Flocking for multi-agent dynamic systems: algorithms and theory
In this paper, we present a theoretical framework for design and analysis of distributed flocking algorithms. Two cases of… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Stable flocking of mobile agents, part I: fixed topology
This is the first of a two-part paper that investigates the stability properties of a system of multiple mobile agents with… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Stable flocking of mobile agents part I: dynamic topology
This is the second of a two-part paper, investigating the stability properties of a system of multiple mobile agents with double… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Steering Behaviors For Autonomous Characters
This paper presents solutions for one requirement of autonomous characters in animation and games: the ability to navigate around… (More)
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Flocks , herds , and schools : A quantitative theory of flocking
We present a quantitative continuum theory of ‘‘flocking’’: the collective coherent motion of large numbers of self-propelled… (More)
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Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Flocks, herds and schools: A distributed behavioral model
The aggregate motion of a flock of birds, a herd of land animals, or a school of fish is a beautiful and familiar part of the… (More)
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