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\iteman{io-port 05645534}
\itemau{Xu, Jiayi; Jin, Xiaogang; Yu, Yizhou; Shen, Tian; Zhou, Mingdong}
\itemti{Shape-constrained flock animation.}
\itemso{Comput. Animat. Virtual Worlds 19, No. 3-4, 319-330 (2008).}
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Summary: We propose a novel shape-constrained flock animation system for interactively controlling flock navigation in virtual environments. This system is capable of making the spatial distribution of a flock meet static or deforming shape constraints while performing flock simulation. Such a capability can find many applications in the entertainment industry. Given a 3D constraining shape, our system first draws a set of uniform sample points through a 3D surface mosaicing process or a stratified point sampling strategy. Once correspondences between flock members and sample points have been established, points on the target shape are used as homing destinations to guide flock migration. Under a global path control scheme, an effective fuzzy control logic, which dynamically adjusts steering forces and control forces, has been developed to create visually pleasing shape-constrained flock animations.
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\itemut{flock animation; shape constraint; fuzzy control; Kalman filter; global path control}
\itemli{doi:10.1002/cav.231}
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