Speed versus accuracy in collective decision making

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1532, 2003, Pages 2457-2463

  Franks, Nigel R ^a   Dornhaus, Anna ^a   Fitzsimmons, Jon P ^a   Stevens, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ants; Collective decision making; House hunting; Speed accuracy trade off

Indexed keywords

ANT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; NEST SITE; SITE SELECTION;

ANT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEAMWORK;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPTOTHORAX; LEPTOTHORAX ALBIPENNIS;

EID: 0344629193     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2527     Document Type: Article

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