different patterns of self-organization in ants. Ant colonies are self-organized systems: complex collective behaviors arise as the product of interactions...

Self-organization, also called spontaneous order in the social sciences, is a process where some form of overall order arises from local interactions between...

400 mi) up the Amazon River. The patterns of migration are of great interest to the fishing industry. Movements of fish in fresh water also occur; often...

International Union for the Study of Social Insects Patterns of self-organization in ants Reciprocity (social psychology) Stigmergy Ant colony optimization (ACO)...

In ecology, a feeding frenzy is a type of animal group activity that occurs when predators are overwhelmed by the amount of prey available. The term is...

of pattern formation deals with the visible, (statistically) orderly outcomes of self-organization and the common principles behind similar patterns in...

Artificial ants represent multi-agent methods inspired by the behavior of real ants. The pheromone-based communication of biological ants is often the...

These three traits are found in all army ant species and are the defining traits of army ants. Army ants have two phases of activity – a nomadic (wandering)...

completed by "any" ant in the colony. For example, in foraging behaviour, red harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex barbatus) communicate to other ants where food is...

Spatial organization can be observed when components of an abiotic or biological group are arranged non-randomly in space. Abiotic patterns, such as the...

computational instantiation of those behavioral rules, the observed patterns of behavior. Several of the characteristics of agent-based models important...

division of labor. Patterns of self-organization in ants Network theory Deborah M. Gordon (1996). "The organization of work in social insect colonies" (PDF)...

Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid...

economic self-interests. This procedure of the courts is sometimes called as setting of a conspiracy theory. Oligopolists usually try not to engage in price...

Game of Life has attracted much interest because of the surprising ways in which the patterns can evolve. It provides an example of emergence and self-organization...

Self-organized criticality (SOC) is a property of dynamical systems that have a critical point as an attractor. Their macroscopic behavior thus displays...

not tell the ants what to do.[citation needed] Instead, each ant reacts to stimuli in the form of chemical scents from larvae, other ants, intruders, food...

reduced in size due to successful bait treatment are prone to predation by Argentine ants. The ants may play a vital role in removing weakened fire ant colonies...

Fungus-growing ants (tribe Attini) comprise all the known fungus-growing ant species participating in ant–fungus mutualism. They are known for cutting...

C2-8 patterns which tend to focus care inward to the emotions of the self. The even-numbered A-patterns (A2-8) patterns all involve some sort of tendency...

colony, such as of ants, consisting of many individuals working together as a single functional or social unit. A mutualism is a partnership of two or more...

larvae, Calliphoridae) Hippoboscidae (Keds) Ants Bull ants (sting) Fire ants (both bite and sting) Bullet ants (sting) Bees Honeybees (sting) Stingless bees...

ants"; however, they are not ants but highly derived cockroaches. About 2,997 extant species are currently described, 2,125 of which are members of the...

solutions. Natural ants lay down pheromones directing each other to resources while exploring their environment. The simulated 'ants' similarly record...

Economic trends and patterns which emerge are studied intensively by economists. Within the field of group facilitation and organization development, there...

from many different fields, such as the study of self-organization and critical phenomena from physics, of spontaneous order from the social sciences, chaos...

of ants and ant behavior, culminating in the 1990 encyclopedic work The Ants. Because much self-sacrificing behavior on the part of individual ants can...

unit of eusocial animals in which division of labour is highly specialised and individuals cannot survive by themselves for extended periods. Ants are...

defined as the ability of an individual, group, or organization to "lead", influence, or guide other individuals, teams, or organizations. "Leadership" is a...

defenses by workers are also seen in the Brazilian ant Forelius pusillus, where a small group of ants leaves the security of the nest after sealing the entrance...