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:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/cbf3301e5b02471b9d397e62acd42bed
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