群体规模和劳动力需求决定了劳动分工,这是人口随机性的结果
Christoph Netz1,2, Tim W Fawcett2, Andrew D Higginson2
1Behavioural Ecology Division, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
概括
劳动分工 (DoL) 出现在各种规模的群体中,由学习和任务需求驱动. 较大的群体实现更稳定的专业化,由于减少了人口随机性,不一定是更好的决策.
科学领域:
- 社会进化的社会演变.
- 行为生态学 行为生态学
- 集团动态 集团动态
背景情况:
- 劳动分工 (DoL) 在社会化昆虫和较小的合作团体中很常见.
- 在较小的群体中,专业化依赖于个人经验和学习.
- 个人可以通过平衡个人能力和团队任务要求来进行专业化.
研究的目的:
- 调查不同小组规模和任务约束的任务专业化动态.
- 检查个人如何根据能力和群体需求选择任务.
- 了解小组规模对专业化和学习的进化影响.
主要方法:
- 用行为模拟来建模任务专业化.
- 模拟不同组的大小和任务选择约束.
- 个体任务选择是通过权衡能力与团队要求来建模的.
主要成果:
- 任务专业化甚至发生在个人优先考虑团队需求而不是个人能力时.
- 较大的团队表现出更准确的劳动分配和个人有效性,因为任务更少的切换.
- 较大群体中的个人对群体需求的反应更强,特别是当劳动力变化导致健身成本时.
结论:
- 在大群体中,DoL可能会更容易出现,因为劳动分配因人口随机性而变化较小.
- 小组可能会演变为在切换任务之前容忍更高的任务失衡.
- 与较大的群体相比,在较小的群体中,学习能力的选择力更强.
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