Patterns of Self-organization in Ants - Self Organized Waves

Self Organized Waves

Traveling waves of chemical concentration or mechanical deformation.

Examples of pattern types:

  1. Alarm waves propagated by physical contact.
  2. Rotating trails from spatial changes in food resources acting on trail laying activity.

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