Incomplete division of labor: error-prone multitaskers coexist with specialists

DOI10.1016/J.JTBI.2007.09.040MaRDI QIDQ1788470zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors A. E. D'Orazio, T. A. Waite

Publication date 8 October 2018

Published in Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.09.040

zbMATH Keywords

decision-makinggeneralistspecialistdivision of labortask allocation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Animal behavior (92D50)

Recommendations

• Optimal group composition for efficient division of labor
• Evolution of division of labor: emergence of different activities among group members
• Specialist vs. generalist: efficiency in multitasking
• The mechanisms of labor division from the perspective of individual optimization
• Can specialization be optimal when tasks are complementary?

Cites work

• Evolutionary dynamics. Exploring the equations of life.
• Evolutionary game dynamics

Cited in

(2)

• Specialist vs. generalist: efficiency in multitasking
• Can specialization be optimal when tasks are complementary?

This page was built for publication: Incomplete division of labor: error-prone multitaskers coexist with specialists

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q1788470)