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SOE: Fachverband Physik sozio-ökonomischer Systeme

SOE 2: Focus Session: Swarm Intelligence

SOE 2.3: Invited Talk

Monday, March 14, 2011, 11:15–11:45, GÖR 226

Collective behaviour and swarm intelligence — •Jens Krause — IGB & Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany

Many group-living species exhibit complex and coordinated spatio-temporal patterns from the motion of locust swarms and fish schools to bird flocks, ungulate herds and human crowds. The common property of these seemingly unrelated biological phenomena is that of inter-individual interaction, by which individuals can influence the behaviour of others. Individual-based models provide predictions regarding collective processes which we tested in a set of experiments that explore human crowd dynamics and fish schooling behaviour. In particular we designed a robotic fish that can be used to manipulate decision-making processes in live shoals of fish. Finally, I will discuss the phenomenon of swarm intelligence using examples from both humans and animals.