Flocks, herds, and schools: A quantitative theory of flocking

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 4828-4858

  Toner, John ^a   Tu, Yuhai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CORRELATION METHODS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

GOLDSTONE MODES; QUANTITATIVE CONTINUUM THEORY; RELAXATIONAL TIME DEPENDENT GINSBURG-LANDAU THEORY; THEORY OF FLOCKING;

BIOLOGY;

EID: 0032185311     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.58.4828     Document Type: Article

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