Modeling group formation and activity patterns in self-organizing collectives of individuals

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1537-1565

  Eftimie, R ^a   De Vries, G ^a   Lewis, M A ^a   Lutscher, F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Group formation; Nonlocal hyperbolic system; Social interactions; Spatial patterns; Zigzag movement

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34250788801     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-006-9175-8     Document Type: Article

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