Smart swarms of bacteria-inspired agents with performance adaptable interactions.

Collective navigation and swarming have been studied in animal groups, such as fish schools, bird flocks, bacteria, and slime molds. Computer modeling has shown that collective behavior of simple agents can result from simple interactions between the agents, which include short range repulsion, inte...

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Main Authors: Adi Shklarsh, Gil Ariel, Elad Schneidman, Eshel Ben-Jacob
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-09-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3182867?pdf=render