Independence and interdependence in the nest-site choice by honeybee swarms: agent-based models, analytical approaches and pattern formation

DOI10.1016/J.JTBI.2009.09.007zbMATH Open1403.92343arXiv0909.1582OpenAlexW2090892736WikidataQ51792494 ScholiaQ51792494MaRDI QIDQ1628992FDOQ1628992

Authors: Tobias Galla 

Publication date: 11 December 2018

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

Abstract: In a recent paper List, Elsholtz and Seeley [Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. B. 364 (2009) 755] have devised an agent-based model of the the nest-choice dynamics in swarms of honeybees, and have concluded that both interdependence and independence are needed for the bees to reach a consensus on the best nest site. We here present a simplified version of the model which can be treated analytically with the tools of statistical physics and which largely has the same features as the original dynamics. Based on our analytical approaches it is possible to characterize the co-ordination outcome exactly on the deterministic level, and to a good approximation if stochastic effects are taken into account, reducing the need for computer simulations on the agent-based level. In the second part of the paper we present a spatial extension, and show that transient non-trivial patterns emerge, before consensus is reached. Approaches in terms of Langevin equations for continuous field variables are discussed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0909.1582

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zbMATH Keywords

stochastic processeshoneybeesagent-based modelgroup decision makingstatistical physicsCondorcet's jury theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ecology (92D40) Animal behavior (92D50)

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