Modeling the aggregative behavior of ants of the species Polyergus rufescens

Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 163-176

  Boi, Silvia ^a   Capasso, Vincenzo ^a   Morale, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Animal grouping; Many particle systems; Nonlinear integro differential equations; Spatial stochastic models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034148193     PISSN: 14681218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0362-546X(99)00399-5     Document Type: Article

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