@article{PAR00002732,
  title = {{M}odelling the dynamics of animal groups in motion},
  author = {{L}ett, {C}hristophe and {M}irabet, {V}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A}nimal groups in motion, examples being fish schools, bird flocks, insect swarms and mammal herds, can exhibit spectacular collective behaviour. {A}ttempts at formalizing the basic individual behaviour that accounts for the complex dynamics of an animal group began over 50 years ago. {N}umerous models of these dynamics have since been published. {W}e review this information, starting with an overview of various approaches that have arisen from mathematical, physical, and computer-modelling methods. {O}ur focus is on individual-based models of animal groups. {I}ndividuals are assumed to exert three types of local interactions with their neighbours in these models, namely attraction, alignment, and repulsion. {W}e review these models according to their main objectives: to compare modelled results with observational data; to analyse the influence of model parameters on simulated group properties; and to investigate group response to any change in environment, or to divergent behaviour of some of the group members.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{S}outh {A}frican {J}ournal of {S}cience},
  volume = {104},
  numero = {5-6},
  pages = {192--198},
  ISSN = {0038-2353},
  year = {2008},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00002732},
}