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Distributed unmanned flocking inspired by the collective motion of pigeon flocks

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This work was supported in part by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 62103414, 62173330) and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2020M670410).

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    Huaxin Qiu, Qingrui Zhou, Changhao Sun & Xiaochu Wang

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Qiu, H., Zhou, Q., Sun, C. et al. Distributed unmanned flocking inspired by the collective motion of pigeon flocks. Sci. China Inf. Sci. 65, 144201 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11432-020-3222-2

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