Controlling ant-based construction

Lenka Pitonakova; Seth Bullock

Controlling ant-based construction

Lenka Pitonakova, Seth Bullock

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Abstract

This paper investigates the dynamics of decentralised nest construction in the ant species Leptothorax tuberointerruptus, exploring the contribution of, and interaction between, a pheromone building template and a physical building template (the bodies of the ants themselves). We present a continuous-space model of ant behaviour capable of generating ant-like nest structures, the integrity and shapes of which are non-trivially determined by choice of parameters and the building template(s) employed. We go on to demonstrate that the same behavioural algorithm is capable of generating a somewhat wider range of architectural forms, and discuss its limitations and potential extensions.

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Title of host publication	Advances in Artificial Life: Proceedings of the Twelfth European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL 2013)
Editors	Pietro Liò, Orazio Miglino, Giuseppe Nicosia, Stefano Nolfi, Mario Pavone
Publisher	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Press
Pages	151-158
Number of pages	8
Publication status	Published - 2013

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Pitonakova, L., & Bullock, S. (2013). Controlling ant-based construction. In P. Liò, O. Miglino, G. Nicosia, S. Nolfi, & M. Pavone (Eds.), Advances in Artificial Life: Proceedings of the Twelfth European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL 2013) (pp. 151-158). Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Press. http://seis.bris.ac.uk/~sb15704/pubs_abstracts.html#eps361147

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Controlling ant-based construction. / Pitonakova, Lenka; Bullock, Seth.
Advances in Artificial Life: Proceedings of the Twelfth European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL 2013). ed. / Pietro Liò; Orazio Miglino; Giuseppe Nicosia; Stefano Nolfi; Mario Pavone. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Press, 2013. p. 151-158.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Contribution (Conference Proceeding)

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