Swarmalators: Synchronization and Swarming Phenomena #22
Description
References
- YouTube Introduction to Swarmalators
- Complexity Explorables: Swarmalators Slides
- O’Keeffe, K. P., Hong, H., & Strogatz, S. H. (2017). "Oscillators that sync and swarm." Nature Communications, 8:1504. [Read on Nat. Comm.]
- A two-dimensional swarmalator model with higher-order interactions (Semantic Scholar)
Summary/Context
Swarmalators are agents that both synchronize (like oscillators) and swarm (like flocking particles). The model, introduced by O’Keeffe, Hong, and Strogatz, offers a framework to study systems where agents' phases and positions interact. This can describe biological phenomena such as chemotactic microorganisms or bacterial biofilms, and has been recently demonstrated with robots and drones. Extensions of the model explore higher-order interactions in two dimensions.
- Useful for understanding emergent phenomena in coupled oscillator systems with spatial dynamics.
- Relevant for robotics, collective behavior, and biological pattern formation.