Murmuration refers to the phenomenon that results when hundreds, sometimes thousands, of starlights(starlings) fly in swooping, intricately coordinated patterns through the sky. My introduction to the word, murmuration, was by the Jazz trio, GoGo penguins. Murmuration is the 5th piece they perform in one of their live performances: link . It is one of the most enthralling pieces of music I've heard. I implore you to check them out: https://gogopenguin.bandcamp.com/ . When we observe these starlings fly we see a pattern that stands out. And when there's a pattern involved there is a strong possibility an algorithm exists to explain it and implement a computer simulation which helps me to segue into Boids algorithm. Boids algorithm is an artificial life program, developed by Craig Reynolds. It simulates the flocking behavior of birds. Boid is a shortened version of Bird-oid, which refers to the bird-like object. Boids are an example of emergent behavior,i.e. the algorithm wo...
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