   Unit Formations
  Does anyone have any resources (papers, presentations, etc) on calculating unit formations?I've found a couple:A Demonstration of a Robot Formation Control Algorithm and PlatformCoordinated Unit Movement: One TwoCellular Automata for Control and Interactions of Large Formations of RobotsI'll post any more that I find here.[Edited by - CadetUmfer on May 12, 2010 11:17:32 AM]
  Try looking into Flocking Behaviours.  It's not exactly formations per-se, but you can get some cool stuff with them   ;  Here is an opensource library which implements various flocking and following behaviors.http://opensteer.sourceforge.net/-ddn   