Boids could be related to artificial intelligence entities with simple rules. Each entity does not has proper intelligence but within a group swarm intelligence highlights interesting behaviors.
The name "boid" corresponds to a shortened version of "bird-oid object", which refers to a bird-like object. 🐣
Boids model could be easily seen as bird or fish group behaviors but it is also used in grass movement simulation.
In order to reproduce the behaviors of birds in groups, three rules have to be implemented.
Steer towards the average heading of local flockmates. Birds try to change their position so that it corresponds with the average alignment of other nearby birds.
Steer to move towards the average position (center of mass) of local flockmates. Every bird attempts to move towards the average position of other nearby birds.
Steer to avoid crowding local flockmates. Each bird attempts to maintain a reasonable amount of distance between itself and any nearby birds, to prevent overcrowding.
- Python >= 3.8
- numpy >= 1.21.4
- pyglet >= 1.5.21
In order to launch the simulation the simulation.py file has to be run with a pyglet version greater or equal to 1.5.21. Also this simulation does not support Python 2.x.
A configuration file named config.py can be found in the src/core/enum folder, please make sure that you close the previous simulation and saved the config file to apply you changes.
Some millestones may be left in progress while this side project is evolving. You can find those milestones here :
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Walls
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Real object avoidance (not only between boids but also with other objects/components)
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GUI
- Add/remove boids
- Add/remove walls
- Add/remove hunter boids
- Population statistics
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AI
- Genetic algorithms