[FRIAM] Flocking

[Hugh Trenchard]

Absolutely fantastic!  A lot of synchronized trajectories, and possibly some oscillation patterns between higher and lower density formations.  

One almost wonders if there is communication occurring at a holistic level, between groups as complete units.  It seems there is collision avoidance between some of the groups, which might be indicative of group communication, although it is hard to tell.  But there is also a lot of integration between groups which might counter the possibility of collision avoidance on a group level.  Just a few thoughts.

Hugh Trenchard

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Robert Cordingley 
  To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group 
  Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 2:19 PM
  Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Flocking


  Really impressive.  A while ago my daily commute took me out past the rice fields south of Houston.  Once a year we would see migrating 'rice birds' in a 'contiguous' tube-like flock stretching from one horizon to another while rising above the hedge rows.  (But that was before digital cameras.)  The flock might drift from side to side but the birds just kept on coming and coming and coming.  These flocks too showed a sharp boundary between relatively evenly spaced birds to none.  What's the story behind boundary effects/observations I wonder.

  Douglas Roberts wrote: 
    I know you FRIAM'ers are fond of flocking behavior:

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8761390434094738310&pr=goog-sl 



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