Summary
2011 International Symposium on Nonlinear Theory and Its Applications
2011
Session Number:C3L-C
Session:
Number:C3L-C2
Critical density for highest cohesion in dynamical models of pigeon flocks
Graciano Dieck Kattas, Michael Small,
pp.693-696
Publication Date:2011/9/4
Online ISSN:2188-5079
DOI:10.34385/proc.45.C3L-C2
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Summary:
A computer algorithm is used to build nonlinear dynamical models of pigeon flocks from 3D positional data. Temporal separation measures are used to quantify the dynamics of the model in a global scale over several simulations. The model is capable of exhibiting realistic collective behavior that is highly dependent on speed and density. The simulations show that for fixed initial speeds, there is a critical density value for the population which gives the best flock cohesion.