Modeling Animals' Social Networks (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania

Modeling Animals' Social Networks

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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania developed a simple mathematical model that describes how animal social networks arise. The model recapitulated important qualities of observed social networks of several species, including spotted hyenas.

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