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The authors extend the Gazi’s swarm model with local neighbor rules and the dynamic communication topology, and study its aggregation properties. Results of analysis show that all agents in the models aggregate and eventually form a cohesive cluster of finite size around the swarm center or the appointed point. Finally, simulations are provided to testify some of the results. Models in the paper are more applicable to the reality for the advantage that each agent only needs the partial information of the entire dynamic system when making motion decision.
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*This research is supported by Project Operation and Simulation of Emergency Response Logistics Network in the System of Anti-bioterrorism supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 70671021.
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CHEN, S., ZHAO, L. & HAN, Y. Multi-agent aggregation behavior analysis: The dynamic communication topology*. J Syst Sci Complex 21, 209–216 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11424-008-9104-z
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