Self-Organized Fission-Fusion Control Algorithm for Flocking Systems Based on Intermittent Selective Interaction

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Typical fission-fusion behaviors of flocking system in nature. (a) European starlings, Sturnus vulgaris, over Rome [3]; (b) shoal of sardines, in Kwazulu-natal, South Africa; (c) Merinos d’Arles sheep, Ovis aries [6]; (d) segregation in mixed cocultures of primary goldfish keratocytes (PFK, red) and EPC fish keratocytes (EPC, green) [18].

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