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On 20 July 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved from Flocking (behavior) to Modelling of flocking behaviour. The result of the discussion was moved to Flocking.

Separation (behavior) was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 20 August 2009 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Flocking. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

Untitled[edit]

Should this article be merged with Swarm intelligence? birds are skinny

Lawrence Lavigne 17:12, Dec 1, 2004 (UTC)

Shouldn't they rather be arranged as subpages (sections with their own main articles) under emergent behaviour? // OlofE 09:38, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Isn't the big problem with this article is that flocking was not "invented" but "simulated"? --VivaEmilyDavies 02:05, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

That's fair to say... additionally, it was first done in 1986, not 1987 (the first paper on it was, however, published in 1987). -- Iron Wallaby 07/15/06

No merge[edit]

The two articles should refer to each other. However flocking seems to be more used as a computer science/algorithmic term, and swarm intelligence from an intelligence/biological perspective. Mathiastck 21:28, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Efficiency[edit]

Flying in flock formation is efficient. Each trailing bird (or aircraft) gets additional lift due to catching the rising half of the swirling vortex from the leaders wings if positioned as in a typical flock, thereby reducing energy use several percent. This has been shown to work experimentally, and computer systems to make such flocks/convoys safe and effective is being developed. I forget where I read about this. It was in the news recently. Anyone wanna source and add this? --Elvey (talk) 06:14, 29 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Collective animal behavior and brain behavior[edit]

please see this page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_animal_behavior_and_brain_behavior

it is yet not very articulated article Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Collective_animal_behavior" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scienficreal (talk • contribs) 21:54, 20 March 2011 (UTC) --Scienficreal (talk) 22:01, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Terrible article should be retitled or deleted asap[edit]

Obviously most people will come here for ornithological info. Not a load of computer algorithms. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.91.206.111 (talk) 14:22, 18 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 20 July 2023[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved to Flocking. over redirect. {{ping|Shhhnotsoloud|SportingFlyer}} Please make the necessary changes to the article. (closed by non-admin page mover) BilledMammal (talk) 14:32, 5 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Flocking (behavior) → Modelling of flocking behaviour – The lead section includes the text "This article is about the modelling of flocking behaviour" so this article should be moved to a title that reflects the subject of the article. There might then be a debate if Flocking (behaviour) should continue to target this article or might be better targeted at Flock (disambiguation). Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 09:09, 20 July 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. Mdewman6 (talk) 19:24, 28 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose I think the current name is both clearer, more concise, and more definitional. SportingFlyer T·C 09:03, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not convinced of the proposed move either, though I do feel that the dab should be converted to a WP:NATURALDAB instead of remaining parenthetical. Alpha3031 (t • c) 17:26, 28 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- @Alpha3031: I don't think that any disambiguation is required here at all as this appears to be the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC for "flocking". So I propose that we Move to Flocking. Rreagan007 (talk) 01:17, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@SportingFlyer:, @Alpha3031:, @Rreagan007:. I'm happy to see a move to Flocking with no disambiguator, but the sentence This article is about the modelling of flocking behaviour must be removed from the lead. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 19:00, 30 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
No problem with this, it's awkward, but it does introduce the next sentence, so I'd be more in favour of a rewrite. I also have no problem with a move to Flocking. SportingFlyer T·C 10:17, 31 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.