I wrote
In 1987 Craig Reynolds began to create computer models of this behaviour, in which entities he called 'boids,' do the maneuvering. Here's a link to his initial paper. It might be of interest.http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~dt/siggraph97-course/cwr87/
The boids project is of course part of the study of artificial intelligence. It has nothing to do with creating life.
I mentioned a site with lots of information about herding dogs, i.e., dogs that herd, but said I'd lost its address. Here it is.
http://www.herdingontheweb.com/workingstyles.htm Robert Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html