Swarm field dynamics and functional morphogenesis

Conference · Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:10133690

Millonas, M M ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)

A class of models with application to swarm behavior as well as many other types of complex systems is studied with an emphasis on analytic techniques and results. Special attention is given to the role played by fluctuations in determining the behavior of such systems. In particular it is suggested that such fluctuations may play an active role, and not just the usual passive one, in the organization of structure in the vicinity of a non-equilibrium phase transition. One model, that of an ant swarm, is analyzed in more detail as an illustration of these ideas.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 10133690
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-93-0053; CONF-9305122-2; ON: DE93007340
• Resource Relation: Conference: European conference on artificial life (ECAL `93),Brussels (Belgium),24-26 May 1993; Other Information: PBD: [1993]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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