Neural networks as mechanisms to regulate division of labor

American Naturalist

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 391-400

  Lichocki, Paweł ^a   Tarapore, Danesh ^a,b,c   Keller, Laurent ^b   Floreano, Dario ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Division of labor; Neural networks; Response thresholds; Social insects; Task allocation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BEHAVIOR; BROOD REARING; COLONY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LABOR DIVISION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL INSECT; THRESHOLD; WORKER CASTE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INSECT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INSECTS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84857019246     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/664079     Document Type: Article

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