The Hungry Piranha Project

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The Hungry Piranha Project

• CPSC 533
• Group 1
• Kevin Meyer, Karel Bergmann, Ania Barbasiewicz,
  Carmen Simpson, Ruth Ablett

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Introduction

• Interested in swarm technology and multi-agent
  systems
• vacuum cleaner
• Piranhas specifically Pygocentrus cariba
• Virtual cow dunked into piranha-infested 3D space
• Craig Reynolds flock, swarm and herd algorithms
  aka boids
• Implementation Breve 1.7

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Who Are We?

• Were 1! Introductions.
• Coding Kevin is the head programmer, but
  everyone will have a hand in coding.
• Webmistress Ruth
• Swarm algorithms Carmen and Karel
• Background/Ambiance Ania
• Documentation Kevin, Ania and Ruth

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About Boids

• Developed by Craig Reynolds
• Collision Avoidance
• Velocity Matching
• Flock Centering

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Breve

• Neighbour Detection
• Neighbour Identification
• Obstacle?
• Other Piranha?
• Food?

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Implementation Steps

• Swarming behaviour
• Obstacle avoidance
• Finding food
• Moving On
• Extras
• Learned Behaviour/Evolution
• Ageing/Life Cycles
• Hunger

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Conclusion

• Questions?
• Comments?