We report on emergent spiral patterns generated from a predator-prey rule-based automaton model. We discuss some systematic analysis techniques applied to the patterns and hypothesise that their origin lies in a defensive behaviour that arises from the predator-prey interactions. We believe the emergent patterns from this simple model correspond to similar behaviours in real-world situations where two groups interact across opposing fronts such as military formations.
Keywords: artificial life, complex phenomena; emergence; spiral.
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@ARTICLE{CSTN-010,
author = {K. A. Hawick and C. J. Scogings and H. A. James},
title = {Defensive Spiral Emergence in a Predator-Prey Model},
journal = {Complexity International},
year = {2008},
volume = {12},
pages = {{Paper ID: msid37 URL: {\it http://www.complexity.org.au/ci/vol12/msid37/}}}
url = {www.complexity.org.au/ci/vol12/msid37/}
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Address = {Cairns, Australia},
Author = {K. A. Hawick and C. J. Scogings and H. A. James},
Booktitle = {Proc. Complexity 2004},
Editor = {Russel Stonier and Qinglong Han and Wei Li},
Month = {December},
Pages = {662--674},
Title = {Defensive Spiral Emergence in a Predator-Prey Model},
Year = {2004},
series = "CSTN-010"
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\bibitem{CSTN-010}
K.A. Hawick, C.J. Scogings and H.A. James,
Defensive Spiral Emergence in a Predator-Prey Model,
In Proceedings of Complexity 2004, Cairns, Australia, December 2004,
Edited by Russel Stonier, Quinglong Han and Wei Li, PP 662-674.