Bee nest site selection as an optimization process

Artificial Life XII: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems, ALIFE 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 626-633

  Diwold, Konrad ^a   Beekman, Madeleine ^b   Middendorf, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING PROCESS; FOOD SOURCES; MATING BEHAVIOR; NEST-SITE SELECTION; NOISY ENVIRONMENT; OPTIMIZATION POTENTIAL; OPTIMIZATION PROCESS; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; SITE SELECTION;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 79955474870     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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