Highlighting a Link between the Gay-Berne Potential and the Boid Flocking Model

Authors:
Simon Scarle
Affiliations:
Department of Computer Sciences, University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 211 Portobello Road, Sheffield, S1 4DP, UK
Venue:
Simulation
Year:
2006

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Abstract

The author shows that the Gay-Berne potential, commonly used to describe such things as nematic liquid crystal systems, can be seen as equivalent to the boids model for simulating flocking and other collective motion behavior of various fauna.