An agent-based model of group decision making in baboons

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 362, Issue 1485, 2007, Pages 1699-1710

  Sellers, W I ^a   Hill, R A ^b   Logan, B S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent based modelling; Democracy; Foraging; Group decision making; Voting

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

AFRICA; DE HOOP NATURE RESERVE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

ANIMALIA; PAPIO; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PAPIO URSINUS;

EID: 34548559312     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2064     Document Type: Article

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