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Defensive Spiral Emergence in a Predator-Prey Model

K A Hawick, C J Scogings, H A James

Abstract
     We report on emergent spiral patterns generated from a predator-prey rule-based automaton model. We discuss some systematic analysis techniques applied to the patterns and hypothesise that their origin lies in a defensive behaviour that arises from the predator-prey interactions. We believe the emergent patterns from this simple model correspond to similar behaviours in real-world situations where two groups interact across opposing fronts such as military formations.


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K A Hawick, C J Scogings, H A James 2008, Defensive Spiral Emergence in a Predator-Prey Model, Complexity International, Volume 12, Paper ID: msid37, URL: http://www.complexity.org.au/vol12/msid37/
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