... species are very restricted and others are more sophisticated. 2Infra-red sensors with short-range for obstacles (10 cm). 3Direct by means of contact and indirect by means of pheromones. Inspired by such a natural process and regarding ...
... Stigmergy and emergence The etymology of the concept of stigmergy26 is as follows : ( gr . ) Etiyμa ( stigma ) —sign , mark and ( gr . ) Epyov ( ergon ) —action , work ⚫ the function of stigmergy : it denotes a collective action ...
... stigmergy. If members of a species, for instance, have an inbred re- sponse to encountering a pheromone-drenched ball of mud, then any bug that deposits such a ball is unintentionally sending a message to any others that might pass by ...
... Stigmergic information is local : it can only be accessed by those insects that visit the locus in which it was ... species colonies , stigmergy refers to the deposition of pheromone by ants while they are moving . Other ants can ...
... Stigmergic information is local : it can only be accessed by those insects that visit the locus in which it was ... species colonies , stigmergy refers to the deposition of pheromone by ants while they are moving . Other ants can ...
... species of ants and allow complex stigmergic interactions such as attraction to the pheromone of the same species and repulsion from that of the others. These algorithms have been successfully applied to problems such as edge disjoint ...
... stigmergic communication. However, ants also use other forms of communication, including visual, auditory, and tactile communication. For example, some species of ants use sound to communicate with each other. These sounds can range ...
... stigmergic communication has been observed in the foraging behaviour of many ant species , which lay a trail of pheromone , thus modifying the environment in a way that can inform other individuals of the colony about the path to follow ...
... stigmergic commu- nication (Grassé in Wilson 1975, 186) cf. 3theory: stigmergy theory [coined by Wilson 1975 ... species of stingless bees (Lindauer and Kerr 1958, 1960; Nedel 1960). vibrationalcommunication n. Communication by ...
... Stigmergic. Stigmergy is a term used in biology to describe how insects like ants can communicate by what they have left in the environment. For example, ants leaving pheromone trails is stigmergic. In stigmergy, the agents do not ...