
Self-organisation and evolution of social systems
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.
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Electronic Access:
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