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An agent-based model of group decision making in baboons

W.I Sellers, R.A Hill, B.S Logan
Published 29 September 2007.DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2064
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Abstract

We present an agent-based model of the key activities of a troop of chacma baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus) based on the data collected at De Hoop Nature Reserve in South Africa. We analyse the predictions of the model in terms of how well it is able to duplicate the observed activity patterns of the animals and the relationship between the parameters that control the agent's decision procedure and the model's predictions. At the current stage of model development, we are able to show that across a wide range of decision parameter values, the baboons are able to achieve their energetic and social time requirements. The simulation results also show that decisions concerning movement (group action selection) have the greatest influence on the outcomes. Those cases where the model's predictions fail to agree with the observed activity patterns have highlighted key elements that were missing from the field data, and that would need to be collected in subsequent fieldwork. Based on our experience, we believe group decision making is a fertile field for future research, and agent-based modelling offers considerable scope for understanding group action selection.

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  • One contribution of 15 to a Theme Issue ‘Modelling natural action selection’.

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    W.I Sellers, R.A Hill, B.S Logan
    Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 2007 362 1699-1710; DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2064. Published 29 September 2007

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