Decision versus compromise for animal groups in motion

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 227-232

  Leonard, Naomi E ^a   Shen, Tian ^a   Nabet, Benjamin ^a   Scardovi, Luca ^b   Couzin, Iain D ^c   Levin, Simon A ^c  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective behavior; Coordinated movement; Kuramoto

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNITY; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DIRECTIONAL SELECTION; GEOLOGICAL TIME; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INFORMATION; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEAMWORK;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84856011931     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1118318108     Document Type: Article

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