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Article: Aggregation pattern transitions by slightly varying the attractive/repulsive function

TitleAggregation pattern transitions by slightly varying the attractive/repulsive function
Authors
Issue Date2011
PublisherPublic Library of Science. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.plosone.org/home.action
Citation
Plos One, 2011, v. 6 n. 7 How to Cite?
AbstractAmong collective behaviors of biological swarms and flocks, the attractive/repulsive (A/R) functional links between particles play an important role. By slightly changing the cutoff distance of the A/R function, a drastic transition between two distinct aggregation patterns is observed. More precisely, a large cutoff distance yields a liquid-like aggregation pattern where the particle density decreases monotonously from the inside to the outwards within each aggregated cluster. Conversely, a small cutoff distance produces a crystal-like aggregation pattern where the distance between each pair of neighboring particles remains constant. Significantly, there is an obvious spinodal in the variance curve of the inter-particle distances along the increasing cutoff distances, implying a legible transition pattern between the liquid-like and crystal-like aggregations. This work bridges the aggregation phenomena of physical particles and swarming of organisms in nature upon revealing some common mechanism behind them by slightly varying their inter-individual attractive/repulsive functions, and may find its potential engineering applications, for example, in the formation design of multi-robot systems and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). © 2011 Cheng et al.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/137333
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2023 Impact Factor: 2.9
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.839
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ISI Accession Number ID
Funding AgencyGrant Number
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC)60704041
10635040
Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (RFDP)20070487090
University of Hong Kong
Funding Information:

H.T.Z. acknowledges the support of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC) under Grant No. 60704041, and the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (RFDP) under Grant No. 20070487090. T.Z. acknowledges the support of NNSFC under Grant No. 10635040. M.Z.Q.C. acknowledges the CRCG Grant by The University of Hong Kong. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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dc.contributor.authorChen, MZQen_HK
dc.contributor.authorZhou, Ten_HK
dc.contributor.authorValeyev, NVen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-26T14:23:27Z-
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dc.description.abstractAmong collective behaviors of biological swarms and flocks, the attractive/repulsive (A/R) functional links between particles play an important role. By slightly changing the cutoff distance of the A/R function, a drastic transition between two distinct aggregation patterns is observed. More precisely, a large cutoff distance yields a liquid-like aggregation pattern where the particle density decreases monotonously from the inside to the outwards within each aggregated cluster. Conversely, a small cutoff distance produces a crystal-like aggregation pattern where the distance between each pair of neighboring particles remains constant. Significantly, there is an obvious spinodal in the variance curve of the inter-particle distances along the increasing cutoff distances, implying a legible transition pattern between the liquid-like and crystal-like aggregations. This work bridges the aggregation phenomena of physical particles and swarming of organisms in nature upon revealing some common mechanism behind them by slightly varying their inter-individual attractive/repulsive functions, and may find its potential engineering applications, for example, in the formation design of multi-robot systems and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). © 2011 Cheng et al.en_HK
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