Swarm Theory, refers to the collective behaviour of decentralised, self-organising agents, and as a result their collective behaviour. A behaviour which, through various internal and external variables defines an overall geometrical form. Variables which internally regard the proportional and relative position and velocity between agents, the state of cluster density within the swarm, and the position of agents with regards to the defined central mass and external boundary. While the overall state of the swarm may be defined by the average velocity of the agents with reference to a particular point, and the swarms interaction with additional swarms, resulting in the swarm adapting the variables of influence experienced by the individual agents.
Utilising these variables as factors of consideration within my project in a conceptual manner, I produced a simulation which allows the responder to define an overall geometrical form based upon the physical movement of individual agents, or points. The external parameters of the swarm is defined through the average individually controlled velocity of clusters within the swarm, while the overall direction and focus is determined by the average position of points in the form of a perlin graph.
The internal mechanism of the swarm however is adjusted through individual clusters, centrally based upon the perlin graphs position in space. Where each agent’s velocity and relative position is definable against the central axis of the perlin graph. Furthermore the individual density scale of each agent is adjustable, allowing collectively with the other variables the scale of the swarm to be adjusted while exploring the influence of relative velocities, position and density.
The iterations which have been presented portray a selection of four separate swarms, which explore the altering of the various variables against one another within a three stage time frame. Through such, the responder is able to grasp the influence of such variables against each agent and their reaction within the swarm.
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