Diverse stochasticity leads a colony of ants to optimal foraging

DOI10.1016/J.JTBI.2019.01.002MaRDI QIDQ1721775zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Masashi Shiraishi, Rito Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Nakagawa, Shin I. Nishimura, Akinori Awazu, Hiraku Nishimori

Publication date 13 February 2019

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

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.05598

zbMATH Keywords

optimizationcollective motionantsstochastic foraging

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Animal behavior (92D50)

Abstract: A mathematical model of garden ants (Laius japonicus) is introduced herein to investigate the relationship between the distribution of the degree of stochasticity in following pheromone trails and the group foraging efficiency. Numerical simulations of the model indicate that depending on the systematic change of the feeding environment, the optimal distribution of stochasticity shifts from a mixture of almost deterministic and mildly stochastic ants to a contrasted mixture of almost deterministic ants and highly stochastic ants. In addition, the interaction between the stochasticity and the pheromone path regulates the dynamics of the foraging efficiency optimization. Stochasticity could strengthen the collective efficiency when stochasticity to the sensitivity of pheromone for ants is introduced in the model.

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