Non-stationary aging dynamics in ant societies

DOI10.1016/J.JTBI.2011.04.033zbMATH Open1397.92771arXiv1101.1461OpenAlexW2001928450WikidataQ33907352 ScholiaQ33907352MaRDI QIDQ1783591FDOQ1783591

Authors: Paolo Sibani, Simon Christiansen 

Publication date: 21 September 2018

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

Abstract: In recent experiments by Richardson et al. ((2010), PLoS ONE 5(3): e9621. doi:10.1371/ journal.pone.0009621) ant motion out of the nest is shown to be a non-stationary process intriguingly similar to the dynamics encountered in emph{physical aging} of glassy systems. Specifically, exit events can be described as a Poisson process in logarithmic time, or, for short, a log-Poisson process. Nouvellet et al.(J. Theor. Biol. 266, 573. (2010)) criticized these conclusions and performed new experiments where the exit process could more simply be described by standard Poisson statistics. In their reply, (J Theor. Biol. 269, 356-358 (2011)) Richardson et al. stressed that the two sets of experiments were performed under very different conditions and claimed that this was the likely source of the discrepancy. The focal point of this work is whether log-Poisson and Poisson statistics both are possible under different external conditions. To this end, a model is introduced where interacting ants move in a stochastic fashion from one site to a neighboring site on a finite 2D lattice. The probability of each move is determined by the ensuing changes of a utility function which is a sum of pairwise interactions between ants, weighted by distance. Depending on how the interactions are defined and on a control parameter dubbed 'degree of stochasticity' (DS), the dynamics either quickly converges to a stationary state, where movements are a standard Poisson process, or may enter a non-stationary regime, where exits can be described as suggested by Richardson et al.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1101.1461

Recommendations

• Traffic of Ants on a Trail: A Stochastic Modelling and Zero Range Process
• From individual to collective dynamics in argentine ants (\textit{Linepithema humile})
• Two-category model of task allocation with application to ant societies
• Collective Traffic-like Movement of Ants on a Trail: Dynamical Phases and Phase Transitions
• Testing the level of ant activity associated with quorum sensing: an empirical approach leading to the establishment and test of a null-model

zbMATH Keywords

stochastic modelstationary and non-stationaryant motionPoisson and log-Poisson

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Animal behavior (92D50)

Cites Work

• Testing the level of ant activity associated with quorum sensing: an empirical approach leading to the establishment and test of a null-model

Cited In (2)

• Tangled nature: a model of emergent structure and temporal mode among co-evolving agents
• Synchronization of the behaviour within nests of the ant Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius). I: Discovering the phenomenon and its relation to the level of starvation

This page was built for publication: Non-stationary aging dynamics in ant societies

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q1783591)