Reinforcement in Biology : Stochastic models of group formation and network construction

Reinforcement in Biology : Stochastic models of group formation and network construction

Empirical studies show that similar patterns emerge from a large number of different biological systems. For example, the group size distributions of several fish species and house sparrows all follow power law distributions with an exponential truncation. Networks built by ant colonies, slime mold...

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Main Author: Ma, Qi
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Analys och tillämpad matematik 2012
Subjects:
reinforcement in biology
merge and split model
preferential attachment
reinforced random walk
network construction
shortest path problem
transport networks
ant algorithm
slime mould
physarum polycephalum
speed-accuracy tradeoff.
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