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Christensen, Kim, Papavassiliou, Dario, Figueiredo, Alexandre de, Franks, Nigel R. and Sendova-Franks, Ana B. (2015) Universality in ant behaviour. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, Volume 12 (Number 102). Article number 20140985 . doi:10.1098/rsif.2014.0985

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2014.0985

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Abstract

Prediction for social systems is a major challenge. Universality at the social level has inspired a unified theory for urban living but individual variation makes predicting relationships within societies difficult. Here, we show that in ant societies individual average speed is higher when event duration is longer. Expressed as a single scaling function, this relationship is universal because for any event duration an ant, on average, moves at the corresponding average speed except for a short acceleration and deceleration at the beginning and end. This establishes cause and effect within a social system and may inform engineering and control of artificial ones.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Centre for Complexity Science
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Ants -- Behavior -- Mathematical models, Social systems
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of The Royal Society Interface
Publisher: The Royal Society Publishing
ISSN: 1742-5689
Official Date: January 2015
Dates:
DateEvent
January 2015Published
19 November 2014Available
24 October 2014Accepted
2 September 2014Submitted
Volume: Volume 12
Number: Number 102
Article Number: Article number 20140985
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2014.0985
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
Funder: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Leverhulme Trust (LT)
Grant number: EP/E061761/1 (EPSRC), EP/E061796/1 (EPSRC)

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