Re: Web site on flocking, swarming and other adaptive behaviour

2002-04-19 Thread Artur Silva
At 09:47 11-04-2002 -0700, Chris Corrigan wrote: This - http://www.red3d.com/cwr/boids/ - is amazing. Very interesting, Chris. Thanks for sharing. Artur * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu -- To subscribe,

Re: Web site on flocking, swarming and other adaptive behaviour

2002-04-13 Thread Joelle Lyons Everett
Michael-- What your comment brings up for me: If our neighborhood becomes MUCH larger, then flying toward the center of the flock may take me to quite a different place. Hmmm Joelle * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu --

Re: Web site on flocking, swarming and other adaptive behaviour

2002-04-12 Thread Michael Herman
this is very cool, chris. the three rules and then the ways that they are done mathematically is interesting. but the key that seems to be glossed over is that these rules are applied to the 'boids' within some local distance. that i think is where the juice comes in... when we start making the

Web site on flocking, swarming and other adaptive behaviour

2002-04-11 Thread Chris Corrigan
This - http://www.red3d.com/cwr/boids/ - is amazing. It's a site maintained by Craig Reynolds who developed a computer model of bird flocks using three simple rules: avoid crowding flockmates, steer to the centre of the flock and move towards the average position of flock mates. The results of t