Trail formation based on directed pheromone deposition

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1267-1301

  Boissard, Emmanuel ^a,b   Degond, Pierre ^a,b   Motsch, Sebastien ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE MATHÉMATIQUES DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment interaction; Directed pheromones; Fluid models; Individual Based Model; Kinetic models; Pattern formation; Pheromone deposition; Self propelled particles; Trail detection

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE;

INSECT HORMONE; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LOCOMOTION; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INSECT HORMONES; LOCOMOTION; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHEROMONES;

EID: 84876082497     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: 14321416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00285-012-0529-6     Document Type: Article

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