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Area of Science:

Collective behavior
Animal movement dynamics
Self-organization principles

Background:

Coordinated collective motion is crucial in biology and technology.
Existing models often use a 'metric' approach, focusing on fixed distances.
Recent studies suggest a 'topological' framework based on nearest neighbors.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop an individual-based model that reconciles metric and topological interaction frameworks.
To reproduce recent findings on nearest-neighbor interactions in collective motion.
To provide a unified framework for studying self-organized animal movement.

Main Methods:

Development of an original individual-based model.
Simulation of collective animal motion based on local interactions.
Comparison of model outputs with existing empirical evidence and theoretical frameworks.

Main Results:

The proposed model successfully reproduces findings from recent large-scale studies.
It demonstrates how collective motion can emerge from nearest-neighbor interactions.
The model bridges the gap between traditional metric models and topological frameworks.

Conclusions:

The new model offers a more comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms driving collective animal motion.
It validates the importance of topological interactions in self-organized systems.
This work provides a foundation for future research into complex biological movements.