Self-organisation and evolution of social systems
by
 
Hemelrijk, Charlotte K.

Title
Self-organisation and evolution of social systems

Author
Hemelrijk, Charlotte K.

ISBN
9780521846554

Publication Information
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Physical Description
ix, 194 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Contents
From unicellular to multicellular organisation in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum -- Optimality of communication in self-organised social behaviour -- The interplay of intracolonial genotypic variance and self-organisation of dominance hierarchies in honeybees -- Traffic rules of fish schools: a review of agent-based approaches -- A process-oriented approach to the social behaviour of primates -- Order and noise in primate societies -- Self-organisation in language -- Dictatorship effect of majority rule in voting in hierarchical systems -- Natural selection and complex systems: a complex interaction -- Interlocking of self-organisation and evolution.

Subject Term
Biological systems.
 
Social structure.
 
Population biology.
 
Self-organizing systems.

Added Author
Hemelrijk, Charlotte K.

Electronic Access
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0659/2006276106-d.html
 
Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0659/2006276106-t.html


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