Behavior

Flocking Coordination

The mechanisms by which groups of animals achieve coordinated movement without central control, producing emergent collective patterns.

Used in the Books

This term appears in 1 chapter:

Communication and Signaling Coordinated Movement

"...hms converge, and communication latencies make real-time central control impractical. Instead, Zomato uses distributed, local optimization resembling flocking coordination. Local Assignment Rules: 1. Separation (Don't overload riders): Riders accept orders based on current load and capacity."

Biological Context

Starling murmurations, fish schools, and locust swarms emerge from simple rules: maintain spacing, align with neighbors, move toward the group center. These rules produce complex, adaptive group behavior without any individual controlling the whole.

Business Application

Organizational flocking: how teams coordinate without micromanagement. Shared principles and local information can produce aligned action without centralized control.

Related Terms

Swarm Intelligence Emergence

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