Pattern-Acquisition in Finite, Heterogenous, Delay-Coupled Swarms
Pattern Formation and Solitons
2015-03-02 v1 Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
Abstract
The self-organizing behavior of swarms of inter- acting particles or agents is a topic of intense research in fields extending from biology to physics and robotics. In this paper, we carry out a systematic study of how the stable spatio-temporal patterns of a swarm depend on the number of agents, in the presence of time-delayed interaction and agent heterogeneity. We show how a coherent pattern is modified as the number of agents varies, including the time required to converge to it starting from random initial conditions. We discuss the implications of our results for curve-tracking using autonomous robotic systems.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1502.07978,
title = {Pattern-Acquisition in Finite, Heterogenous, Delay-Coupled Swarms},
author = {Klimka Szwaykowska and Christoffer Heckman and Luis Mier-y-Teran-Romero and Ira B. Schwartz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.07978},
year = {2015}
}
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7 pages 6 figures