2 papers
physics.bio-ph2026
Braess's paradox in tandem-running ants: When shortest path is not the quickest
Joy Das Bairagya, Udipta Chakraborti, Sumana Annagiri +1
Braess's paradox -- where adding network capacity increases travel time -- is typically attributed to selfish agents. Although eusocial colonies maximize collective fitness, we fin…
nlin.AO2025
A game played by tandem-running ants: Hint of procedural rationality
Joy Das Bairagya, Udipta Chakraborti, Sumana Annagiri +1
Navigation through narrow passages during colony relocation by the tandem-running ants, , is a tour de force of biological traffic coordinatio…