Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Oscillators that sync and swarm

  • Kevin P. O’Keeffe,
  • Hyunsuk Hong,
  • Steven H. Strogatz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01190-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Collective self-organized behavior can be observed in a variety of systems such as colloids and microswimmers. Here O’Keeffe et al. propose a model of oscillators which move in space and tend to synchronize with neighboring oscillators and outline five types of collective self-organized states.