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A Hybrid, Multi-Agent Model of Foraging Bottlenose Dolphins
A Hybrid, Multi-Agent Model of Foraging Bottlenose Dolphins
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Haque, Musad A.
Rahmani, Amir R.
Egerstedt, Magnus B.
Rahmani, Amir R.
Egerstedt, Magnus B.
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Abstract
Social behavior of animals can offer solution models for missions involving a large number of
heterogeneous vehicles, such as light combat ships, unmanned aerial vehicles, and unmanned underwater
vehicles. We draw inspiration from the foraging techniques of bottlenose dolphins to address the
problem of heterogeneous multi-agent herding. We produce a hybrid automaton model of the entire
foraging method - search, detect, and capture - where agents are modeled as first-order systems in which
interactions are defined through spatial proximity. Finally, simulations are provided to illustrate that our
model is expressive enough to capture this complex biological phenomenon.
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2009-09
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