[FRIAM] Real World Flocking Behavior

2014-03-09 Thread Jack Stafurik
I wonder what their flocking algorithm looks like? http://www.youtube.com/embed/88UVJpQGi88 FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/

Re: [FRIAM] Real World Flocking Behavior

2014-03-10 Thread James Steiner
I expect it's still a variant of Align/Avoid/Aggregate, with some Wheel and Spleen, plus extras having to do with looking at the roost site, and reacting to wind, and (this is me projecting) reacting to the sheer joy of being a starling coming to roost with her flock-mates. On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at

Re: [FRIAM] Real World Flocking Behavior

2014-03-11 Thread Owen Densmore
Agreed. I've seen some fantastic 3D flock models that looked exactly like that. Schooling fish ditto. Stephen G: you had a reference to a 3D flocking, with obstacles and avoidance, model a while back. Was it on-line? -- Owen On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 9:40 PM, James Steiner wrote: > I expec