Decentralized control of construction behavior in paper wasps: An overview of the stigmergy approach

Artificial Life

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-136

  Karsai, István ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction behavior; Coordination; Pattern formation; Social wasps; Stigmergy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WASP;

ANIMALS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WASPS;

EID: 0033084498     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/106454699568719     Document Type: Review

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