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Quorum responses and consensus decision making

by Sumpter, David J.T Pratt, Stephen C Published in Philosophical transactions. Biological sciences (27.03.2009)

“...in which an animal's probability of exhibiting a behaviour is a sharply nonlinear function of the number of other individuals already performing this...”

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Six Predictions about the Decision Making of Animal and Human Groups

by Sumpter, David J.T Zabzina, Natalia Nicolis, Stamatios C Published in Managerial and decision economics (01.07.2012)

“...We review and extend theoretical and empirical studies of how groups make decisions using combinations of private information and preference copying. We give...”

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Collective Animal Behavior
Course Book

by Sumpter, David J. T
[2010]

“...Fish travel in schools, birds migrate in flocks, honeybees swarm, and ants build trails. How and why do these collective behaviors occur? Exploring how...”

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Flying insect swarms

by Dublon, Ian Sumpter, David J.T Published in Current Biology (2014)

“...Dublon and Sumpter give a concise and access guide to flying insect swarms, some of which, such as the crop-eating locust swarms, are pests, while others, such...”

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Mathematical modeling reveals spontaneous emergence of self-replication in chemical reaction systems

by Liu, Yu Sumpter, David J.T Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (07.12.2018)

“...Explaining the origin of life requires us to elucidate how self-replication arises. To be specific, how can a self-replicating entity develop spontaneously...”

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From Compromise to Leadership in Pigeon Homing

by Biro, Dora Sumpter, David J.T Meade, Jessica Guilford, Tim Published in Current biology (07.11.2006)

“...A central problem faced by animals traveling in groups is how navigational decisions by group members are integrated, especially when members cannot assess...”

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The sustainable development oxymoron: quantifying and modelling the incompatibility of sustainable development goals

by Spaiser, Viktoria Ranganathan, Shyam Swain, Ranjula Bali Sumpter, David J. T Published in International journal of sustainable development and world ecology (02.11.2017)

“...In 2015, the UN adopted a new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to eradicate poverty, establish socioeconomic inclusion and protect the environment...”

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Consensus Decision Making by Fish

by Sumpter, David J.T Krause, Jens James, Richard Couzin, Iain D Ward, Ashley J.W Published in Current biology (25.11.2008)

“...Decisions reached through consensus are often more accurate, because they efficiently utilize the diverse information possessed by group members [1–3]. A trust...”

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Solving the shepherding problem: heuristics for herding autonomous, interacting agents

by Strömbom, Daniel Mann, Richard P Wilson, Alan M Hailes, Stephen Morton, A. Jennifer Sumpter, David J. T King, Andrew J Published in Journal of the Royal Society interface (06.11.2014)

“...Herding of sheep by dogs is a powerful example of one individual causing many unwilling individuals to move in the same direction. Similar phenomena are...”

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Interaction rules underlying group decisions in homing pigeons

by Pettit, Benjamin Perna, Andrea Biro, Dora Sumpter, David J. T Published in Journal of the Royal Society interface (06.12.2013)

“...Travelling in groups gives animals opportunities to share route information by following cues from each other's movement. The outcome of group navigation will...”

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Optimisation in a natural system: Argentine ants solve the Towers of Hanoi

by Reid, Chris R Sumpter, David J T Beekman, Madeleine Published in Journal of experimental biology (01.01.2011)

“...Natural systems are a source of inspiration for computer algorithms designed to solve optimisation problems. Yet most 'nature-inspired' algorithms take only...”

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Transition from isotropic to digitated growth modulates network formation in Physarum polycephalum

by Vogel, David Gautrais, Jacques Perna, Andrea Sumpter, David J T Deneubourg, Jean-Louis Dussutour, Audrey Published in Journal of physics. D, Applied physics (22.11.2016)

“...Some organisms, including fungi, ants, and slime molds, explore their environment and forage by forming interconnected networks. The plasmodium of the slime...”

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The dynamics of democracy, development and cultural values

by Spaiser, Viktoria Ranganathan, Shyam Mann, Richard P Sumpter, David J T
edited by Chialvo, Dante R
Published in PloS one (2014-00-00)

“...Over the past decades many countries have experienced rapid changes in their economies, their democratic institutions and the values of their citizens...”

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Bayesian Dynamical Systems Modelling in the Social Sciences

by Ranganathan, Shyam Spaiser, Viktoria Mann, Richard P Sumpter, David J T
edited by Rapallo, Fabio
Published in PloS one (2014-00-00)

“...Data arising from social systems is often highly complex, involving non-linear relationships between the macro-level variables that characterize these systems...”

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Quantifying the structure and dynamics of fish shoals under predation threat in three dimensions

by Romenskyy, Maksym Herbert-Read, James E Ioannou, Christos C Szorkovszky, Alex Ward, Ashley J W Sumpter, David J T
edited by Dingemanse, Niels
Published in Behavioral ecology (20.03.2020)

“...Abstract Detailed quantifications of how predators and their grouping prey interact in three dimensions (3D) remain rare. Here we record the structure and...”

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How dancing honey bees keep track of changes: the role of inspector bees

by Granovskiy, Boris Latty, Tanya Duncan, Michael Sumpter, David J. T Beekman, Madeleine Published in Behavioral ecology (01.05.2012)

“...How do honey bees track changes in their foraging environment? Previously, 2 complementary mechanisms have been identified by which bees can effectively switch...”

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Assortative interactions revealed by sorting of animal groups

by Szorkovszky, Alex Kotrschal, Alexander Herbert-Read, James E Buechel, Severine D Romenskyy, Maksym Rosén, Emil van der Bijl, Wouter Pelckmans, Kristiaan Kolm, Niclas Sumpter, David J.T Published in Animal behaviour (01.08.2018)

“...Animals living in groups can show substantial variation in social traits and this affects their social organization. However, as the specific mechanisms...”

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The dynamics of audience applause

by Mann, Richard P Faria, Jolyon Sumpter, David J. T Krause, Jens Published in Journal of the Royal Society interface (06.08.2013)

“...The study of social identity and crowd psychology looks at how and why individual people change their behaviour in response to others. Within a group, a new...”

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Murmurations

by King, Andrew J Sumpter, David J.T Published in Current biology (21.02.2012)

“...Byline: Andrew J. King (1)(2), David J.T. Sumpter (3) Author Affiliation: (1) Structure and Motion Laboratory, Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield,...”

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Identifying Complex Dynamics in Social Systems: A New Methodological Approach Applied to Study School Segregation

by Spaiser, Viktoria Hedström, Peter Ranganathan, Shyam Jansson, Kim Nordvik, Monica K Sumpter, David J. T Published in Sociological methods & research (01.03.2018)

“...It is widely recognized that segregation processes are often the result of complex nonlinear dynamics. Empirical analyses of complex dynamics are however rare,...”

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