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Self-Organization in Biological Systems
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This book is a self-contained introduction to self-organization and complexity in biology - a field of study at the forefront of life sciences research.
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The dynamics of collective sorting robot-like ants and ant-like robots
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A distributed sorting algorithm, inspired by how ant colonies sort their brood, is presented for use by robot teams, offering the advantages of simplicity, flexibility and robustness.
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The self-organizing exploratory pattern of the argentine ant
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A minimal model shows how the exploratory pattern may be generated by the individual workers' simple trail-laying and -following behavior, illustrating how complex collective structures in insect colonies may be based on self-organization.
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From local actions to global tasks: stigmergy and collective robotics
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This paper presents a series of experiments where a group of mobile robots gather 81 randomly distributed objects and cluster them into one pile through stigmergy, a principle which allows indirect communication between agents through sensing and modification of the local environment which determines the agents’ behaviour.
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Self-organized shortcuts in the Argentine ant
Les fourmis I. humilis choisissent le chemin le plus court pour aller de la colonie au lieu d'approvisionnement
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Quantitative study of the fixed threshold model for the regulation of division of labour in insect societies
A simple model of regulation of division of labour in insect societies is introduced and studied. Individuals are assumed to respond to task-related stimuli with response thresholds. When the…
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Collective decision making through food recruitment
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A series of experiments shows how the andLasius niger uses its trail recruitment system to select between two food sources, simultaneously presented with to 1M sucrose solution and when offered a 1M solution together with a 0.1M solution.
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Trails and U-turns in the Selection of a Path by the Ant Lasius niger
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Colony size, communication and ant foraging strategy
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The foraging strategy of 98 ant species is examined in relation to their colony size, and the hypothesis that the larger the colony, the more the individual worker is integrated into a network of Chemical communication is supported.
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Adaptive Task Allocation Inspired by a Model of Division of Labor in Social Insects
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A recently proposed model of division of labor in a colony of primitively eusocial wasps, based on a simple reinforcement of response thresholds, can be transformed into a decentralized adaptive algorithm of task allocation.
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