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Old 10-24-2009, 06:57 AM   #22
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Collision Avoidance means that the fish choose paths that won't even take them anywhere near another fish. Imagine if you could use a pen and draw flight paths in 3D through the tank, and before you draw each flight path, you look at all the others first to make sure yours won't overlap. Let's say each flight path is viable for 5-10 seconds. So you keep evaluating new flight paths as the old ones expire.

Yes, it will require Calculus.

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