Paper Info
Title
Flock Diameter Control in a Collision-Avoiding Cucker-Smale Flocking Model.
Abstract
Both the original Cucker-Smale flocking model and a more recent version with collision avoidance do not have any control over how tightly the system of agents flock, which is measured by the flock diameter. In this paper, a cohesive force is introduced to potentially reduce the flock diameter. This cohesive force is similar to the repelling force used for collision avoidance. Simulation results show that this cohesive force can reduce or control the flock diameter. Furthermore, we show that for any set of model parameters, the cohesive force coefficient is the single determining factor of this diameter. The ability of this modified collision-avoiding Cucker-Smale model to provide control of the flock diameter could have significance when applied to robotic flocks.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1007/978-3-319-61824-1_4
ADVANCES IN SWARM INTELLIGENCE, ICSI 2017, PT I
Keywords
Field
DocType
Flock diameter control,Flocking,Cucker-Smale model,Collision avoidance
Cohesion (chemistry),Flocking (texture),Mathematical optimization,Computer science,Control theory,Collision,Flock
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
10385
0302-9743
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
6
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jing Ma100.68
Edmund Ming-Kit Lai212058.89