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We show in this paper how communication networks can form spontaneously in social insects through self-organisation. Different models associated to food recruitment and clustering behaviour are analysed giving rise to temporal and spatio-temporal patterns. The conditions under which the response is optimised are also identified.
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Nicolis, S.C. (2008). Communication Networks in Insect Societies. In: Liò, P., Yoneki, E., Crowcroft, J., Verma, D.C. (eds) Bio-Inspired Computing and Communication. BIOWIRE 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5151. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-92191-2_14
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