Analysis of the relation between individual behavior and the characteristics of the colony in social insect and its non-linear dynamics

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25330346
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Life / Health / Medical informatics
• Research Institution: Tohoku Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: Sugawara Ken 東北学院大学, 教養学部, 教授 (50313424)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: トゲオオハリアリ / パトロール行動 / リズム現象 / 個体間相互作用 / 同期

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We obtained two major results. (1) We measured the rhythm of Diacamma’s queen in small scale colony, and observed its rhythm is affected by the condition of the workers. (2) We made simple non-linear models for the synchronization of a few workers and for patrolling behavior of Diacamma’s queen.

Free Research Field

情報学