Collective behaviors in multi-agent systems (MASs) is one of the most ubiquitous phenomena in the natural world, which often exhibit through social interactions among their agents. It is very important to understand the theoretical mechanisms at the basis of different collective behaviors. Therefore, various techniques and methods have been developed and investigated against this issue over the last decades. In this paper, we concentrate on several models of collective behaviors in bird flocks, a representative kind of MAS. Moreover, this article aims at providing a discussion of various facets of this interdisciplinary field, including simulation models, mathematical methods and control theory. The purposes are to offer readers a better understanding of complex systems and to promote this emerging topic on MASs.

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鸟群社会互动的集体行为

多智能体系统 (MAS) 中的集体行为是自然界中最普遍的现象之一，通常通过智能体之间的社会互动表现出来。理解不同集体行为基础的理论机制非常重要。因此，在过去的几十年里，已经针对这个问题开发和研究了各种技术和方法。在本文中，我们专注于鸟群中的几种集体行为模型，鸟群是一种代表性的 MAS。此外，本文旨在对该跨学科领域的各个方面进行讨论，包括仿真模型、数学方法和控制理论。目的是让读者更好地了解复杂系统，并在 MAS 上推广这一新兴主题。