Group-Size Selection for a Parameterized Class of Predator-Prey Models

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2014-07Author
de la Croix, Jean-Pierre
Egerstedt, Magnus
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In this paper, we investigate whether we can
qualitatively recover the appropriate group sizes for a team of predators by varying environmental and operational conditions.
The result is a combination of biologically inspired analytical
and algorithmic tools that not only establish guaranteed capture
conditions, but also identify the number of predators needed for
a successful capture. We implement the parameterized model
on a team of mobile robots to validate that it is possible to generate a cooperative strategy that achieves capture with this
model and these tools.