3 papers
astro-ph.IM2025
A Firefly-inspired Model for Deciphering the Alien
Cameron Brooks, Estelle Janin, Gage Siebert +3
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (ETI) is, historically, a search for aliens like us, inspired by human centric ideas of intelligence and technology. However, humans ar…
q-bio.QM2023
A Computational Topology-based Spatiotemporal Analysis Technique for Honeybee Aggregation
Golnar Gharooni-Fard, Morgan Byers, Varad Deshmukh +4
A primary challenge in understanding collective behavior is characterizing the spatiotemporal dynamics of the group. We employ topological data analysis to explore the structure of…
q-bio.PE2019
Social inhibition maintains adaptivity and consensus of foraging honeybee swarms in dynamic environments
Subekshya Bidari, Orit Peleg, Zachary P Kilpatrick
To effectively forage in natural environments, organisms must adapt to changes in the quality and yield of food sources across multiple timescales. Individuals foraging in groups a…