flocks herds and schools a distributed behavioral model

This paper considered behavioral animation of birds, geometric flight that deal with translation pitch and yaw, and banking which involves gravity and roll motion. Although the boid flock model is derived from the particle system, the behavior of boids is more complex than the particles. The final simulation of the flock is the result of the aggregation of individual birds.

They simulates each individual bird as an independent actor in the dynamic environment run by the “animator” with the laws of simulated physics and a set of behavior. However, this paper proposes a system on flock simulation based on particle system. Moreover, the flock script would be hard to edit. Maintaining the overall flock motion with constraints need to incorporate with the variety of suitable individual path. Secondly, error is likely to occur because of the birds’ complex route. Firstly, the system need to script the path of a large number of individuals.

There are several difficulties along the way. The paper states that, even though it is impossible to fully represent a flock in read world given its complicated nature, a efficient, robust, and believable animation could be a good approach. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 25-34.Ī flock is made up of birds in seemingly fluid motions that appears randomly but is actually synchronized. In Proceedings of the 14th annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques (SIGGRAPH '87), Maureen C. Flocks, herds and schools: A distributed behavioral model.

Flocks herds and schools a distributed behavioral model