Parameters Governing Ant Interactions in the Model (IMAGE)

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Parameters Governing Ant Interactions in the Model

Caption

(a) The sensing area and an example interaction between two ants. (b) Over a bout of movement, an individual is capable of interacting with other ants in the domain spanned by its duration-specific area coverage (red). The edge of the area coverage (blue), was not included as part of the sensing region.

Credit

Napoli, M., Garnier, S., & Porfiri, M. (2026). Nest-Level Phase Transition Drives Synchronized Activity Bursts in Ant Colonies. PRX Life, 4(3). https://doi.org/10.1103/ghnl-p5c1

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