Organización óptima del tráfico en hormigas bajo condiciones de hacinamiento

Audrey Dussutour1, Vincent Fourcassié, Dirk Helbing

  • 1Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition Animale, UMR CNRS 5169, Université Paul Sabatier, 118 Route de Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse Cedex 4, France. dussutou@cict.fr

Nature
|March 6, 2004
PubMed
Resumen

Las hormigas evitan los atascos de tráfico creando un segundo sendero cuando está lleno de gente, lo que garantiza un transporte eficiente de alimentos. Esta estrategia basada en feromonas mantiene un flujo óptimo al equilibrar las fuerzas de cohesión y dispersión.

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