Pattern formation and optimization in army ant raids

Artificial Life

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 219-226

  Solé, Ricard V ^a,b   Bonabeau, Eric ^b   Delgado, Jordi ^a   Fernández, Pau ^a   Marín, Jesus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Army ants; Optimization; Pattern formation; Self organization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034208246     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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