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SUBMITTER: Rupprecht N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5655453 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rupprecht Nathaniel N Vural Dervis Can DC
PloS one 20171024 10
Theoretical models of populations and swarms typically start with the assumption that the motion of agents is governed by the local stimuli. However, an intelligent agent, with some understanding of the laws that govern its habitat, can anticipate the future, and make predictions to gather resources more efficiently. Here we study a specific model of this kind, where agents aim to maximize their consumption of a diffusing resource, by attempting to predict the future of a resource field and the ...[more]