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1. Modelling Topological Features of Swarm Behaviour in Space and Time With Persistence Landscapes (2017)

   P. Corcoran, C. B. Jones

   Abstract

   This paper presents a model of swarm behavior that encodes the spatial-temporal characteristics of topological features, such as holes and connected components. Specifically, the persistence of topological features with respect to time is computed using zig-zag persistent homology. This information is in turn modelled as a persistence landscape, which forms a normed vector space and facilitates the application of statistical and data mining techniques. Validation of the proposed model is performed using a real data set corresponding to a swarm of fish. It is demonstrated that the proposed model may be used to perform retrieval and clustering of swarm behavior in terms of topological features. In fact, it is discovered that clustering returns clusters corresponding to the swarm behaviors of flock, torus, and disordered. These are the most frequently occurring types of behavior exhibited by swarms in general.

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   • Flock behavior
   • Swarm behavor
   • Persistence landscape
   • Persistent homology
   • Zigzag persistence