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| Title |
Solving the shepherding problem: heuristics for herding autonomous, interacting agents
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| Published in |
Journal of The Royal Society Interface, November 2014
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| DOI | 10.1098/rsif.2014.0719 |
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| Authors |
Daniel Strömbom, Richard P. Mann, Alan M. Wilson, Stephen Hailes, A. Jennifer Morton, David J. T. Sumpter, Andrew J. King |
| Abstract |
Herding of sheep by dogs is a powerful example of one individual causing many unwilling individuals to move in the same direction. Similar phenomena are central to crowd control, cleaning the environment and other engineering problems. Despite single dogs solving this 'shepherding problem' every day, it remains unknown which algorithm they employ or whether a general algorithm exists for shepherding. Here, we demonstrate such an algorithm, based on adaptive switching between collecting the agents when they are too dispersed and driving them once they are aggregated. Our algorithm reproduces key features of empirical data collected from sheep-dog interactions and suggests new ways in which robots can be designed to influence movements of living and artificial agents. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 57 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 18% |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 12% |
| France | 6 | 11% |
| Canada | 4 | 7% |
| Germany | 3 | 5% |
| Norway | 1 | 2% |
| South Africa | 1 | 2% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 2% |
| Sweden | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 22 | 39% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 41 | 72% |
| Scientists | 14 | 25% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 156 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Hungary | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 147 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 34 | 22% |
| Researcher | 25 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 17 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 17 | 11% |
| Professor | 9 | 6% |
| Other | 30 | 19% |
| Unknown | 24 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering | 34 | 22% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 28 | 18% |
| Computer Science | 22 | 14% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 11 | 7% |
| Environmental Science | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 26 | 17% |
| Unknown | 29 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 193. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 February 2024.
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