Posts on the subject so far:
- How do birds flock and insects swarm: the Introduction
- How do birds flock and insects swarm: the Problem with current models
- Simulating the Vicsek Model (with time delay) - How do birds flock and insects swarm
It's been my recent pleasure to work on a project (my thesis to be exact) which utilised Statistical Physics, to explore the emergent phenomena of flocking and swarming in natural systems. As past me had a stroke of creativity, I will let you enjoy his introduction to the subject - as seen in the finished thesis, interrupted by explanatory commentary: