Flexible Foraging of Ants under Unsteadily Varying Environment

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2004-07-05

arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0407007v1

Final version in Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, Vol.73 No.8(2004)

Biology

Quantitative Biology

Populations and Evolution

16pages, 11figures, use JPSJ macro

Scientific paper

10.1143/JPSJ.73.2333

Using a simple model for the trail formation of ants, the relation between i)the schedule of feeding which represents the unsteady natural environment, ii)emerging patterns of trails connecting a nest with food resources, and iii)the foraging efficiency is studied. Simulations and a simple analysis show that the emergent trail pattern flexibly varies depending on the feeding schedule by which ants can make an efficient foraging according to the underlying unsteady environment.

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