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Universality in ant behaviour

Christensen, Kim; Papavassiliou, Dario; De Figueiredo, Alexandre; Franks, Nigel R.; Sendova-Franks, Ana B.

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Authors

Kim Christensen

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
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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