Task Allocation in Ant Colonies

In this paper we propose a mathematical model for studying the phenomenon of division of labor in ant colonies. Inside this model we investigate how simple task allocation mechanisms can be used to achieve an optimal division of labor. We believe the proposed model captures the essential biologic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cornejo, Alejandro, Dornhaus, Anna, Nagpal, Radhika, Lynch, Nancy Ann
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Springer-Verlag 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111639
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3045-265X