Swarm intelligence: When uncertainty meets conflict

American Naturalist

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 592-610

  Conradt, Larissa ^a,b   List, Christian ^c   Roper, Timothy J ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collective behavior; Conflict resolution; Cooperation; Quorum decision; Shared decision; Social choice

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FITNESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONFLICT; STAKEHOLDER; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84885237052     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/673253     Document Type: Article

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