Faculty Sponsor(s)
Joelle Murray
Location
Jereld R. Nicholson Library: Grand Avenue
Subject Area
Physics/Applied Physics
Description
Complexity is the study of phenomena that emerge from a collection of interacting objects and arises in many systems throughout physics, biology, finance, economics and more. Certain kinds of complex systems can be described by self-organized criticality (SOC). An SOC system is one that is internally driven towards some critical state. Recent experimental work suggests scaling behavior of fly swarms is one of the hallmarks of an SOC system. Our goal is to look for SOC behavior in computational models of fly swarms.
Recommended Citation
Cates, Grant and Murray, Joelle, "Complexity and Fly Swarms" (2016). Linfield University Student Symposium: A Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Achievement. Event. Submission 15.
https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/symposium/2016/all/15
Complexity and Fly Swarms
Jereld R. Nicholson Library: Grand Avenue
Complexity is the study of phenomena that emerge from a collection of interacting objects and arises in many systems throughout physics, biology, finance, economics and more. Certain kinds of complex systems can be described by self-organized criticality (SOC). An SOC system is one that is internally driven towards some critical state. Recent experimental work suggests scaling behavior of fly swarms is one of the hallmarks of an SOC system. Our goal is to look for SOC behavior in computational models of fly swarms.
