Design and Control of Swarm Dynamics

• Main Author: Bouffanais, Roland (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Complexity,
• Subjects: Engineering.; System theory.; Complexity, Computational.; Control engineering.; Complexity.; Complex Systems.; Control.; Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems.

The book is about the key elements required for designing, building and controlling effective artificial swarms comprised of multiple moving physical agents. Therefore this book presents the fundamentals of each of those key elements in the particular frame of dynamic swarming, specifically exposing...

Table of Contents:

• Complexity and swarming systems
• A biologically-inspired approach to collective behaviors
• A physical approach to swarming
• A network-theoretic approach to collective dynamics
• An information-theoretic approach to collective behaviors
• A computational approach to collective behaviors
• Outlook: Can swarms be designed?.