Self-organized lane formation and optimized traffic flow in army ants

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1511, 2003, Pages 139-146

  Couzin, I D ^a   Franks, N R ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Mathematical model; Self organization; Social insects

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MODELING; MOVEMENT; SELF ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL INSECT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; PREY SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; APUS APUS; ECITON; ECITON BURCHELLI; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0037460221     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2210     Document Type: Article

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