The trail less traveled: individual decision-making and its effect on group behavior.

Social insect colonies are complex systems in which the interactions of many individuals lead to colony-level collective behaviors such as foraging. However, the emergent properties of collective behaviors may not necessarily be adaptive. Here, we examine symmetry breaking, an emergent pattern exhib...

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Main Authors: Michele C Lanan, Anna Dornhaus, Emily I Jones, Andrew Waser, Judith L Bronstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23112880/pdf/?tool=EBI