@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9997323, title = {Obstacle and Collision Avoidance Control Laws of a Swarm of Boids}, author = {Bibhya Sharma and Jito Vanualailai and Jai Raj}, country = {}, institution = {}, abstract = {This paper proposes a new obstacle and collision avoidance control laws for a three-dimensional swarm of boids. The swarm exhibit collective emergent behaviors whilst avoiding the obstacles in the workspace. While flocking, animals group up in order to do various tasks and even a greater chance of evading predators. A generalized algorithms for attraction to the centroid, inter-individual swarm avoidance and obstacle avoidance is designed in this paper. We present a set of new continuous time-invariant velocity control laws is presented which is formulated via the Lyapunov-based control scheme. The control laws proposed in this paper also ensures practical stability of the system. The effectiveness of the proposed control laws is demonstrated via computer simulations }, journal = {International Journal of Mathematical and Computational Sciences}, volume = {8}, number = {2}, year = {2014}, pages = {253 - 258}, ee = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9997323}, url = {https://publications.waset.org/vol/86}, bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/}, issn = {eISSN: 1307-6892}, publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology}, index = {Open Science Index 86, 2014}, }