An agent-based model of collective nest choice by the ant Temnothorax albipennis

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Selective mimetism at departure in collective movements of Macaca tonkeana: an experimental and theoretical approach (2009, background): “We aimed to assess whether the decision to move responded to simple rules based on the number and the identities of individuals already moving (Pratt et al. 2005; Sellers et al. 2007).”
Emergence of group rationality from irrational individuals (2011, background): “The separate evaluations of many ants are then integrated through a communication network and complex behavioral algorithm (Pratt et al. 2005; Pratt and Sumpter 2006).”
Behavioral mechanisms of collective nest-site choice by the ant Temnothorax curvispinosus (2005, methodology): “In T. albipennis, these trips grow briefer with successive recruitment acts, probably because the ants improve their ability to navigate the route to the old nest (Pratt et al., 2005).”
The principles of collective animal behaviour (2006, background): “One example of a collective behaviour that has been extensively studied from the viewpoint of both individual and group level complexity is the emigration of ants of the genus Temnothorax (Möglich 1978; Mallon et al. 2001; Pratt 2005, in press; Pratt et al. 2002, 2005).”