From empirical data to inter-individual interactions: Unveiling the rules of collective animal behavior

Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 1491-1510

  Cavagna, Andrea ^a,b   Cimarelli, Alessio ^b   Giardina, Irene ^a,b   Parisi, Giorgio ^b   Santagati, Raffaele ^a   Stefanini, Fabio ^b,c   Tavarone, Raffaele ^b  

^a ISC CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Collective behavior; flocking; statistical methods

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL GROUPS; BEHAVIORAL STUDIES; COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA SETS; EMPIRICAL DATA; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOLS; FIXED NUMBERS; FLOCKING; GLOBAL SCALE; INTER-INDIVIDUAL INTERACTIONS; KEY ISSUES; PHYSICAL SYSTEMS; SELF-ORGANIZED; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL APPROACH; THEORETICAL MODELS;

AGGLOMERATION; STATISTICS; TOPOLOGY;

ANIMALS;

EID: 77957174152     PISSN: 02182025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218202510004660     Document Type: Article

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