Patterns, transitions and the role of leaders in the collective dynamics of a simple robotic flock

Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment

Volumn 2011, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Tarcai, Norbert ^a   Virágh, Csaba ^a   Ábel, Dániel ^a   Nagy, Máté ^a   Várkonyi, Péter L ^b   Vásárhelyi, Gábor ^a   Vicsek, Tamás ^a,c  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Phase transitions into absorbing states (experiment); self organized criticality (experiment); stationary states; stochastic particle dynamics (theory)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955877801     PISSN: 17425468     EISSN: 17425468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2011/04/P04010     Document Type: Article

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