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The Virtual Fishtankintroduces visitors to the

AntColony Optimization introduced in by Marco Dorigo…studies artificial systems that take inspiration from the behaviorof real antcolonies and which are used to solve function or combinatorialoptimization problems… InformationRetrieval in the WorldWide Web Making Clientbased searching feasible 1994 by PaulDe Bra and Reinier Post,uses school of fish metaphor to search the web. Hartjen. page by UweKils illustrating how individual fish in school benefit fromreduced predation due to optical confusion. 48284858. Amkraut andGirard also created flocking and herding in the VR production Menagerie. TheDuck Pond Following, Flocking and Herding class project byBrian OConnor.
Thriving atthe Edge of Chaos What HealthCare Organizations Can Learn fromComplexity Science 2000 by Sheri Chaosand the IS Executive 1996 by ChristopherMeyer Chaos,Complexity, and Flocking Behavior Metaphors for Learning1996 by StephaniePace Marshall. It is available on SIGGRAPH Videoreview SVR Issue 21, Entry 2. Search, optimization and visualization techniques inspired byflocks and swarms ParticleSwarm Optimization and see the original 1995PSO paper by JamesKennedy and RussEberhart searchs multidimensional solution space. Some imagery from the final versionappear on this page from Ars Electronica Includes papers and Labot,a Java demonstation applet. Althoughthere seem to be access problems for some of the files.
The original project was jointlydeveloped by the MIT Media Labsee their project page and NearLife Inc.see their recentprojects page. TheDuck Pond Following, Flocking and Herding class project byBrian OConnor. It is available on SIGGRAPH Videoreview SVR Issue 21, Entry 2. The simulation included obstacle avoidance. InformationFlocking by Glenn Proctor and Chris Winter. Animation Science Corporationsells tools to model the motion of large crowds with their Rampagesoftware, based on an efficient engine for interacting particlesystems.
EIDEAEnvironment for the Interactive Design of Emergent by John Mitchell and Robb Lovell is an artpiece based on artificial life which includes flock of birds. Vicseks work. J DanaEckart implemented cellular automata model of flocking using his Cellularsystem based on Vicsekswork. Birdlinksby RolfAnthony de By From Cornells Biodiversity and Biological Collections Ichthyology Ornithology From the Department ofVertebrate Zoology in the National Museum of NaturalHistory at the Smithsonian Institution Divisionof Birds Divisionof Fishes From the Electronic Zoo collections on birds and fish From AnimalPictures Archive pictures of flocks, herdsand schools.
GOIDSProject study of flocking geese objects 1999 by Cathryn JPolinsky. See this demo applet. Includes source code and animations. Here are two stampederelated items from Brian Tiemanns excellent The Lion King WWW Archive LionKing production notes search for second occurrence of stampede Stampedesequence QuickTime Movie, MB. second movie of aschool of anchovies 160×120 pixels, in JPEG1. 1 Mb and Quicktime1. 8 Mb formats swimming in the Kelp Forest tank at the Monterey Bay Aquarium from page of fish videos at FINS.
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