q-bio.PE · 2026-09-30 · No. 129

Populations and Evolution, 2026-09-30.

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    Boids of a Feather Flock Together - Evolving Prey Behaviours Under Different Predator Attack Strategies

    Augusta van Haren, Hanna Hoogen, Luca Pattavina

    q-bio.PE · cs.AI

    Flocking and schooling are thought to have evolved partly as defences against predation, but how prey should balance social and escape tendencies may depend on the predator's hunting strategy. We extend the predator-prey boids model of Ojo et al. (2023), itself based on Reynolds' boids, by combining six prey movement tendencies (alignment, cohesion, separation, dodge, repel and wiggle) into a single weighted acceleration update, and by...

    arxiv.org/abs/2609.37885 · PDF

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