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

ABSTRACT: 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, intermediate range alignment, and long range attraction. Here we study collective navigation of bacteria-inspired smart agents in complex terrains, with adaptive interactions that depend on performance. More specifically, each agent adjusts its interactions with the other agents according to its local environment--by decreasing the peers' influence while navigating in a beneficial direction, and increasing it otherwise. We show that inclusion of such performance dependent adaptable interactions sign

SUBMITTER: Shklarsh A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3182867 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature