Modeling the lowest-cost splitting of a herd of cows by optimizing a cost function

Animals live in groups to defend against predation and to obtain food. However, for some animals—especially ones that spend long periods of time feeding—there are costs if a group chooses to move on before their nutritional needs are satisfied. If the conflict between feeding and keeping up with a g...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gajamannage, K, Bollt, E, Porter, M, Dawkins, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing 2017