Dear committee
Here is a submission for swarmfest 2007.
You may put it as a talk or a poster as the schedule allows.
Thanks
Jim
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Title: Adaptive Ecological Network Dynamics
James J. Anderson
School
of Aquatic and Fishery
Sciences
University
of Washington
We have initiated a project to explore how information gathering,
interpretation, and exchange among individuals affect group predator/prey
behavior viewed through the lens of network structure/function. The ELAM modeling
framework to be used combines (1) an Eulerian framework to govern the physical
and environmental domain, (2) a Lagrangian framework to govern the sensory
perception and movement trajectories of individuals in the domain, and (3) an
Agent Model governing the cognitive domain responsible for the behavior of
individuals. Drawing on examples from insect swarms, fish schools, bird
flocks, and animal packs a goal of the research is to postulate and explore in
silico how differing sensory, cognitive and physiological capabilities structure
predator/prey network dynamics. We will attempt to mimic the capabilities of
our spectrum of taxa using algorithms that have some rudimentary relationships
to underlying biological and physiological mechanisms. We will do this through
particle-tracking and sensory perception modeling in heterogeneous environments
(Andy Goodwin & Todd Bridges, ERDC) to evaluate algorithms of
cognitive/neurological function eliciting emergence of alternative forms of
group predator/prey behavior (Jim Anderson and Bertrand Lemasson, University of
Washington).