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First-Order, Networked Control Models of Swarming Silkworm Moths
First-Order, Networked Control Models of Swarming Silkworm Moths
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Haque, Musad A.
Egerstedt, Magnus B.
Martin, Clyde F.
Egerstedt, Magnus B.
Martin, Clyde F.
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Abstract
Social insects have long served as inspiration to
the multi-agent community. In this paper, we take the opposite
approach and see if tools from decentralized, networked control
can be used to predict observed, biological behaviors. In particular, we study the silkworm moth, the Bombyx Mori, and
we model these moths as first-order networks in which the male-male
interactions are defined through a proximity graph. The
male-female interactions are given by a broadcast protocol in
which the females that are releasing pheromones are visible to
all the males. Using barrier certificates, the resulting, switched
network is analyzed and it is shown that the males are attracted
to and trapped in a region defined by the female moths, as is the case in actual silkworm moths as well.
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2008-06
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