On the mathematical theory of behavioral swarms emerging collective dynamics Bellomo, Nicola Active particles Complexity Emerging behaviors Living systems Swarms This paper considers a system consisting of a number of interacting living entities whose state at the microscopic scale is heterogeneously distributed among the said entities. This state includes, in addition, the classical mechanical variables, such as position and velocity, also a behavioral variable which is modi ed by interactions. It is shown how the pioneering ideas proposed in Bellomo et al. [Towards a mathematical theory of behavioral swarms, ESAIM Control Optim. Calc. Var. 26 (2020) 125] can be developed towards modeling behavioral swarms within a quest towards a mathematical theory of living systems. The rst part of the paper presents a qualitative analysis of the emerging behaviors predicted by the model in aforementioned work. Some simulations follow to depict the said emerging behaviors. The last part of the paper is devoted to derive a new, more general theory in view of applications to model living systems. 2023-01-18T13:23:33Z 2023-01-18T13:23:33Z 2022-12-19 journal article Bellomo, N... [et al.]. (2022). On the mathematical theory of behavioral swarms emerging collective dynamics. Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences, 1-33. DOI: [10.1142/S0218202522500683] https://hdl.handle.net/10481/79103 10.1142/S0218202522500683 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ open access Atribución 4.0 Internacional World Scientific