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Swarms and Schools: Follow the Leader. Jesse Redding EPS 109 Final Presentation. Schooling Mechanics. Basics: Individuals in a swarm are clueless Most follow aggregate of others nearby One individual can control a swarm Assumptions: One leader Metric Distance Model
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Swarms and Schools: Follow the Leader Jesse Redding EPS 109 Final Presentation
Schooling Mechanics • Basics: • Individuals in a swarm are clueless • Most follow aggregate of others nearby • One individual can control a swarm • Assumptions: • One leader • Metric Distance Model • Limited turning ability • Slight randomness in direction
Sources • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Metric_vs_topological_distance_for_animal_aggregations.png • Birnir, Bjorn. (2007). An ODE Model of the Motion of Pelagic Fish. UC Santa Barbara: Center for Complex and Nonlinear Science. Retrieved from: http://escholarship.org/uc/item/30p9g077