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Data Skeptic

Modeling Group Behavior

Apr 8, 2024
40:48
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Sebastien Motsch, an assistant professor at Arizona State University, discusses modeling group behavior in biological systems. Topics include challenges in applying machine learning to behavioral analysis, exploring self-organized systems in politics, modeling bird flocking behavior, and understanding emergent behaviors in simple organisms like slime molds.
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Quick takeaways

  • Modeling self-organized systems reveals how global patterns emerge from simple interactions.
  • Validating mathematical models with real-life data is essential in predicting animal behaviors accurately.

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Sebastian Mudge's Work in Complex Systems

Sebastian Mudge, an associate professor at ASU, delves into modeling self-organized systems like schools of fish or flocks of birds, aiming to understand how global patterns emerge from simple interactions. His approach involves modeling particles' local interactions to observe the development of complex patterns, such as animal behaviors like ants or birds, through mathematical frameworks like kinetic theory.

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