Can anyone explain what's the Swarn Logic function?

Some kind of slipstream i guess..

I gathered that the purpose of "swarm logic" was that when the talons were flying at extremely high speeds close together, it kept them in an aerodynamically optimized formation to minimize drag/turbulence, conserve fuel, and keep them from bumping into each other. Migrating geese fly in a 'v' for similar reasons.


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Swarm Logic is a term used in AI programming which basically refers to some algorithm that would mimic the movement of individuals in a group like you'd see in nature... such as a herd of elk, a school of fish, or--better yet--a flock of birds.
A more practical example would be to simulate crowds at, say, an airport.
You see a lot of examples of this in many computer-animated films, since animators are lazy (efficient) and don't feel like explicitly moving every little part of some large mass.

Sci-fi likes to use this for things like nano swarms... the idea being that no single piece of the group is particularly smart, just following a set of simple rules, but the intelligence emerges out of organization from the sheer quantity ...an ant colony also comes to mind.
There are math formulas that can describe this behavior.

But in this movie it was total baloney... EDI just did whatever the F^*# he wanted to and nobody should have to tell him how, or what part of his brain to use.

To me, "activate swarm logic" was just a smart-sounding way to order EDI to get in formation.


-"But you know what's on my mind right now? It AIN'T the coffee in my kitchen..."

As others have said before me, I assume that it was a function built into all of the planes that would enable them to function, and fly, as a single hive mind, or swarm, at appropriate times (like when flying in a very tight group at hypersonic speeds) instead of single, independent entities within a formation.
Basically, a really fancy autopilot that flies the whole squadron together in formation instead of separately.
I don't think, as one other commenter suggested, that it's just for EDI - I assumed that the logic was programmed into all of them.

--Myk

I'm probably being sarcastic...