Physicomimetics
Standard approaches to understanding swarms rely on inspiration from biology and are generally covered by the term “biomimetics”. This book focuses on a different, complementary inspiration, namely physics. The editors have introduced the term ''physicomimetics'' to refer to physics-based swarm approaches, which offer two advantages. First, they capture the notion that “nature is lazy'', meaning t...
Standard approaches to understanding swarms rely on inspiration from biology and are generally covered by the term “biomimetics”. This book focuses on a different, complementary inspiration, namely physics. The editors have introduced the term ''physicomimetics'' to refer to physics-based swarm approaches, which offer two advantages. First, they capture the notion that “nature is lazy'', meaning t...