Six predictions about the decision making of animal and human groups

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 295-309

  Sumpter, David J T ^a   Zabzina, Natalia ^a   Nicolis, Stamatios C ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Animal groups; Collective behaviour; Decision making; Deneubourg model; Human groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865362992     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.2553     Document Type: Article

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