Path efficiency of ant foraging trails in an artificial network

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 239, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 507-515

  Vittori, Karla ^a   Talbot, Grégoire ^b   Gautrais, Jacques ^b   Fourcassié, Vincent ^b   Araújo, Aluizio F R ^a   Theraulaz, Guy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Ants; Collective behavior; Network geometry; Optimization; Orientation; Trail

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANT; COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NETWORK DESIGN; PHEROMONE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ANTS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHEROMONES;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 33645400173     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.08.017     Document Type: Article

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