Kim Christensen
Universality in ant behaviour
Christensen, Kim; Papavassiliou, Dario; De Figueiredo, Alexandre; Franks, Nigel R.; Sendova-Franks, Ana B.
Authors
Dario Papavassiliou
Alexandre De Figueiredo
Nigel R. Franks
Ana Sendova-Franks Ana.Sendova-Franks@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor in Biometry & Animal Behaviour
Abstract
© 2014 The Authors. Prediction for social systems is a major challenge. Universality at the social level has inspired a unified theory for urban living but individual variation makes predicting relationships within societies difficult. Here, we show that in ant societies individual average speed is higher when event duration is longer. Expressed as a single scaling function, this relationship is universal because for any event duration an ant, on average, moves at the corresponding average speed except for a short acceleration and deceleration at the beginning and end. This establishes cause and effect within a social system and may inform engineering and control of artificial ones.
Citation
Christensen, K., Papavassiliou, D., De Figueiredo, A., Franks, N. R., & Sendova-Franks, A. B. (2015). Universality in ant behaviour. Interface, 12(102), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2014.0985
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Jan 1, 2015 |
Deposit Date | Nov 20, 2014 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 28, 2024 |
Journal | Journal of the Royal Society Interface |
Print ISSN | 1742-5689 |
Electronic ISSN | 1742-5662 |
Publisher | Royal Society, The |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 12 |
Issue | 102 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2014.0985 |
Keywords | ant behaviour, behaviour, universality, ants |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/841216 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2014.0985 |
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