| Title: | From individual to collective dynamics in Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) |
| Author(s): | Vela-Perez M; Fontelos MA; Garnier S; |
| Address: | "Universidad Europea de Madrid, C/ Tajo, Villaviciosa de Odon, Madrid 28670, Spain; Service de Physique de l'Etat Condense, CEA-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette 91191, France. Electronic address: mvp_es@yahoo.es. Instituto de Ciencias Matematicas, (CSIC), C/ Nicolas Cabrera 15, Madrid 28049, Spain. Electronic address: marco.fontelos@icmat.es. Department of Biological Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, United States. Electronic address: simon.garnier@gmail.com" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.mbs.2015.01.007 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1879-3134 (Electronic) 0025-5564 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "In this paper we propose a model for the formation of paths in Argentine ants when foraging in an empty arena. Based on experimental observations, we provide a distribution for the random change in direction that they approximately undergo while foraging as a mixture of a Gaussian and a Pareto distribution. By following the principles described in previous work, we consider persistence and reinforcement to create a model for the motion of ants in the plane. Numerical simulations based on this model lead to the formation of branched ant-trails analogous to those observed experimentally" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Ants/*physiology Behavior, Animal Computer Simulation Feeding Behavior Locomotion Mathematical Concepts Models, Biological Pheromones/physiology Ant foraging Reinforced random walks Stochastic processes Transport networks;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineVela-Perez, M Fontelos, M A Garnier, S eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2015/02/03 Math Biosci. 2015 Apr; 262:56-64. doi: 10.1016/j.mbs.2015.01.007. Epub 2015 Jan 30" |
