Swarm intelligence in humans: Diversity can trump ability

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 941-948

  Krause, Stefan ^a   James, Richard ^b   Faria, Jolyon J ^c   Ruxton, Graeme D ^d   Krause, Jens ^e  

^a LÜBECK UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision making; Group size; Human behaviour; Swarm intelligence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; GROUP SIZE; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SWARMING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79953313793     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.12.018     Document Type: Article

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