Sensing and decision-making in random search

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2012-02-15

arxiv.org/abs/1202.3384v1

Biology

Quantitative Biology

Populations and Evolution

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While microscopic organisms can use gradient-based search to locate resources, this strategy can be poorly suited to the sensory signals available to macroscopic organisms. We propose a framework that models search-decision making in cases where sensory signals are infrequent, subject to large fluctuations, and contain little directional information. Our approach simultaneously models an organism's intrinsic movement behavior (e.g. Levy walk) while allowing this behavior to be adjusted based on sensory data. We find that including even a simple model for signal response can dominate other features of random search and greatly improve search performance. In particular, we show that a lack of signal is not a lack of information. Searchers that receive no signal can quickly abandon target-poor regions. Such phenomena naturally give rise to the area-restricted search behavior exhibited by many searching organisms.

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