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Stability Of Large Flocks: An Example, J. J. P. Veerman, F. M. Tangerman
Stability Of Large Flocks: An Example, J. J. P. Veerman, F. M. Tangerman
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The movement of a flock with a single leader (and a directed path from it to every agent) can be stabilized. Nonetheless for large flocks perturbations in the movement of the leader may grow to a considerable size as they propagate throughout the flock and before they die out over time. As an example we consider a string of N+1 oscillators moving in the line. Each one `observes' the relative velocity and position of only its nearest neighbors. This information is then used to determine its own acceleration. Now we fix all parameters except the number of oscillators. We then …