Title
Influence of food density on colony size of Pogonomyrmex barbatus
Abstract
Red harvester ants, Pogonomyrmex barbatus, allocate themselves to some tasks: foraging, midden work, nest maintenance etc. In this paper, we propose the macro model of their behavior by PDE. In this model, colony size, that is the total number of ants in a colony, fluctuates due to workers' birth and death. And then, using the simulator which is based on this model, we investigate the relationship between colony size and the density of food in the field.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1109/SII.2012.6427287
System Integration
Keywords
DocType
ISBN
ant colony optimisation,partial differential equations,pde behavior,pogonomyrmex barbatus,colony size,food density,macromodel,midden work,nest maintenance,red harvester ants,worker birth,worker death
Conference
978-1-4673-1496-1
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
1
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ogawa, Y.131.36
Hanamoto, S.200.34
Tsuji, K.300.68
Matsuno, F.4224.02