Emergent behavior in flocks

被引:1352
作者
Cucker, Felipe [1 ]
Smale, Steve
机构
[1] City Univ Hong Kong, Dept Math, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Chicago, Toyota Tecnol Inst Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
consensus reaching problem; emergence; flocking;
D O I
10.1109/TAC.2007.895842
中图分类号
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
We provide a model (for both continuous and discrete time) describing the evolution of a flock. Our model is parameterized by a constant beta capturing the rate of decay-which in our model is polynomial-of the influence between birds in the flock as they separate in space. Our main result shows that when beta < 1/2 convergence of the flock to a common velocity is guaranteed, while for beta < 1/2 convergence-is guaranteed under some condition on the initial positions and velocities of the birds only.
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页码:852 / 862
页数:11
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