The aerodynamic benefits of self-organization in bird flocks

41st Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Dimock, Glen A ^a   Selig, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ANTENNAS; BIRDS; DECENTRALIZED CONTROL; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

AERODYNAMIC BENEFITS; AGGREGATION PROCESS; CONTROL PARAMETERS; DECENTRALIZED CONTROLLER; FITNESS FUNCTIONS; MIGRATORY BIRDS; SELF ORGANIZATIONS; SIMPLE GENETIC ALGORITHM;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 85087604491     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-608     Document Type: Conference Paper

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