Quorum responses and consensus decision making

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1518, 2009, Pages 743-753

  Sumpter, David J T ^a   Pratt, Stephen C ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective animal behaviour; Condorcet's theorem; Decision making; Quorum responses; Social insect migration

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MIGRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOCIAL INSECT;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 60349088129     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0204     Document Type: Article

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