hiebeler@cs.rpi.edu (Dave Hiebeler) (02/01/90)
I am interested in learning some basics about flocking behavior, for example in birds and fish. I'm not interested in how the physiology of particular animals drives flocking. What I am more interested in is phenomenology of flocking, that is, classifications of different types of flocking behavior, some relevant parameters, and maybe some mathematical models of such behavior. I am most interested in "homogeneous" flocking, that is, where there is no "leader", although that is not a strong requirement. So if anyone could point me toward some decent references that might be what I'm looking for, I'd appreciate it. So far, I've seen Craig Reynold's "Boids" article in the 1987 SIGGraph proceedings, and a handful of articles from the journal "Animal Behaviour", but not much. References to either good journals that might have this kind of stuff, or to specific articles/books would be great. The reason for my asking is that I am entertaining the notion of a cellular-automata-like model of flocking, which has been on the mental "back burner" for 6 months now. I'd like to absorb some more background material on flocking in general, so I can see what I can abstract, to help me analyze/understand/improve my model. Since I'm posting this to several newsgroups as well as the cellular automata mailing-list, replies via e-mail are preferred; I'll post a summary if I get any info. -- Dave Hiebeler Internet: hiebeler@turing.cs.rpi.edu (preferred) Computer Science Dept. Bitnet: userF3JL@rpitsmts (last resort) Amos Eaton Bldg. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute / Troy, NY 12180-3590
BRL102@psuvm.psu.edu (Ben Liblit) (02/07/90)
I seem to remember an article in the _Science_Times_ section of _The_New_York_
_Times_ about someone who managed to come up with a computer simulation of a
flying flock of birds. I can't remember when I saw the article; it may have
been over a year ago -- a well trained librarian should be able to help out.
Ben Liblit
BRL102 @ psuvm.bitnet -- BRL102 @ psuvm.psu.edu
"Fais que tes reves soient plus longs que la nuit."aboulang@bbn.com (Albert Boulanger) (02/07/90)
In article <90037.125503BRL102@PSUVM.BITNET> BRL102@psuvm.psu.edu (Ben Liblit) writes:
I seem to remember an article in the _Science_Times_ section of _The_New_York_
_Times_ about someone who managed to come up with a computer simulation of a
flying flock of birds. I can't remember when I saw the article; it may have
been over a year ago -- a well trained librarian should be able to help out.
Here is a ref:
"Flocks, Herds, and Schools: A Distributed Behavioral Model"
Craig Reynolds (cwr@symbolics.com)
Computer Graphics, Vol 21, No 4, July 1987, 25-34
Cheers,
Albert Boulanger
BBN Systems & Technologies Corp.
aboulanger@bbn.com