Electrostatic Flocking

Flocking Behavior

Flocking is the phenomenon in which self-propelled individuals, using only limited environmental information and simple rules, organize into an ordered motion. This ordering even occurs at two dimensions where ordering is not possible equilibrium systems. This paper will explain the biological and physical motivation for studying flocking, and the computational, theoretical, and experimental ef...

Flocking in

climate was rare heavy rainfall in western Queensland. And a result has been enormous flocks of the popular pet bird, budgerigars. The birds have had a breeding boom as a result of the grasses that have seeded after the rains. “I have been here since 1983 and never seen anything like it, Ann Britton, a resident of Boulia, told Queensland’s Courier and Mail. “My father, who has travelled extensi...

Parallel Bird Flocking Simulation

Flocking ferromagnetic colloids

Assemblages of microscopic colloidal particles exhibit fascinating collective motion when energized by electric or magnetic fields. The behaviors range from coherent vortical motion to phase separation and dynamic self-assembly. Although colloidal systems are relatively simple, understanding their collective response, especially under out-of-equilibrium conditions, remains elusive. We report on...

Flocking with Obstacle Avoidance

In this paper, we provide a dynamic graph theoretical framework for flocking in presence of multiple obstacles. In particular, we give formal definitions of nets and flocks as spatially induced graphs. We provide models of nets and flocks and discuss the realization/embedding issues related to structural nets and flocks. This allows task representation and execution for a network of agents call...