Attraction, Dynamics, and Phase Transitions in Fire Ant Tower-Building
Gary K. Nave, Nelson T. Mitchell, Jordan A. Chan Dick, Tyler Schuessler, Joaquin A. Lagarrigue, Orit Peleg
This paper develops an agent-based model to simulate fire ant tower-building, identifies the role of attraction in enabling the behavior, and provides an optimization tool for designing towers with specific properties.
Frontiers in Robotics and AI · Mar 3, 2020Peer-reviewedSystems Biology