Approximating optimal behavioural strategies down to rules-of-thumb: energy reserve changes in pairs of social foragers.

Functional explanations of behaviour often propose optimal strategies for organisms to follow. These 'best' strategies could be difficult to perform given biological constraints such as neural architecture and physiological constraints. Instead, simple heuristics or 'rules-of-thumb�...

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Main Author: Sean A Rands
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3134479?pdf=render