Background: This study explored the role of collective-affirmation in attracting mass cooperation to motivate people to observe preventive measures during COVID-19. Method: Using a qualitative research design, a heterogeneous sample (N = 32) comprising postgraduate (n = 10) and doctorates (n = 22) was chosen and the data was collected through semi-structured interviews. The interview contents ...

This paper presents a novel 3D agent-based model of fish collective behaviour based on topological interaction. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first 3D model that implements topological interaction. Despite the fact that the topological interaction was proposed based on the observation of collective behaviour of bird flock [1], simulations show that our model also displays realistic co...

In this paper, we explore the idea of using an Adaptive Logic Network (ALN) 2] for behaviour arbitration. Our approach is to deene the collective task, to be performed by multiple robots, as a group behaviour. The group behaviour is a set of behaviours, each of which speciies a single step in the collective task. An environmental cue can be used to control the transition between behaviours, thu...

We posit a new geometric perspective to define, detect, and classify inherent patterns of collective behaviour across a variety of animal species. We show that machine learning techniques, and specifically the isometric mapping algorithm, allow the identification and interpretation of different types of collective behaviour in five social animal species. These results offer a first glimpse at t...

Videos and commercials produced for large audiences can elicit mixed opinions. We wondered whether this diversity is also reflected in the way individuals watch the videos. To answer this question, we presented 65 commercials with high production value to 25 individuals while recording their eye movements, and asked them to provide preference ratings for each video. We find that gaze positions ...

Implementing collective behaviour in cooperative multi-agent systems requires several practical constraints to be addressed. In some environments, communication bandwidth is a critical constraint which may compromise the intended cooperative behaviour. This paper introduces a bio-inspired model which invokes collective behaviour in a multi-agent system using passive sensing without any explicit...