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%\usepackage{titlesec}
%\titlespacing*{\section}{5pt}{0.1\baselineskip}{0.2\baselineskip}

\usepackage{subcaption}
%% For algorithms...
\usepackage{algorithm}
\usepackage{algpseudocode}
\algnewcommand\algorithmicforeach{\textbf{for each}}
\algdef{S}[FOR]{ForEach}[1]{\algorithmicforeach\ #1\ \algorithmicdo}
\algnewcommand\algorithmicswitch{\textbf{switch}}
\algnewcommand\algorithmiccase{\textbf{case}}
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\algtext*{EndSwitch}
\algtext*{EndCase}

\setlength{\textfloatsep}{2pt plus 1.0pt minus 2.0pt}

\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes, arrows}

\begin{document}

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%% The "title" command has an optional parameter,
%% allowing the author to define a "short title" to be used in page headers.
\title{Parallel finding of moving flock patterns}

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%% Of note is the shared affiliation of the first two authors, and the
%% "authornote" and "authornotemark" commands
%% used to denote shared contribution to the research.

\author{Andres Calderon-Romero}
%\authornote{All authors contributed equally to this research.}
\email{acald013@ucr.edu}
\affiliation{
  \institution{University of California}
  \country{USA}
  \city{Riverside}
}

\author{Petko Balakov}
\email{petko@}
\affiliation{
  \institution{Esri}
  \country{USA}
  \city{Redlands}
}

\author{Marcos Vieira}
\email{marcos@}
\affiliation{
  \institution{Google}
  \country{USA}
  \city{San Francisco}
}

\author{Vassilis J. Tsotras}
\email{tsotras@cs.ucr.edu}
\affiliation{
  \institution{University of California}
  \country{USA}
  \city{Riverside}
}

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\renewcommand{\shortauthors}{Calderon, et al.}

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%% article.
\begin{abstract}

\end{abstract}

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   <concept>
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       <concept_desc>Computing methodologies~Parallel algorithms</concept_desc>
       <concept_significance>500</concept_significance>
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       <concept_id>10010147.10010919.10010172.10003817</concept_id>
       <concept_desc>Computing methodologies~MapReduce algorithms</concept_desc>
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\ccsdesc[500]{Computing methodologies~Parallel algorithms}
\ccsdesc[500]{Information systems~Data structures}
\ccsdesc[500]{Computing methodologies~MapReduce algorithms}

%%
%% Keywords. The author(s) should pick words that accurately describe
%% the work being presented. Separate the keywords with commas.
\keywords{Mobile patterns}

%%\received{20 February 2007}
%%\received[revised]{12 March 2009}
%%\received[accepted]{5 June 2009}

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%% This command processes the author and affiliation and title
%% information and builds the first part of the formatted document.
\maketitle

\input{intro}
\input{methods}

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%% identification of the section in the article metadata, and the
%% consistent spelling of the heading.
%\begin{acks}
%\end{acks}

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%% the bibliography file.

\bibliographystyle{ACM-Reference-Format}
\bibliography{pflocks}
\input{appendices}

\end{document}