How to not get stuck—Negative feedback due to crowding maintains flexibility in ant foraging

Ant foraging is an important model system in the study of adaptive complex systems. Many ants use trail pheromones to recruit nestmates to resources. Differential recruitment depending on resource quality coupled with positive feedback allows ant colonies to make rapid and accurate collective decisi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of theoretical biology 2014-11, Vol.360, p.172-180
1. Verfasser:	Czaczkes, Tomer J.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ACO Adaptive systems Agent based model Animals Ants - physiology Collective organisation Computer Simulation Crowding - psychology Exploratory Behavior - physiology Feedback, Physiological - physiology Formicidae Models, Biological Pheromone Pheromones - metabolism
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