Collective decision through self-assembling

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 237-241

  Lioni, Arnaud ^a   Deneubourg, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT;

ANT; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NESTING; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PREDICTION;

ANIMALS; ANTS; DECISION MAKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ARTHROPODA; FORMICIDAE; OECOPHYLLA;

EID: 2942724376     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-004-0519-7     Document Type: Article

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