title: Computational models of collective foraging.
abstract: In this paper the behaviour of a bee colony is modelled as society of communicating agents acting in parallel and synchronising their behaviour. Two computational approaches for defining the agents behaviour are introduced and compared. Their common features as well as the complementary aspects making them suitable for merging together into a more complex model.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gheorghe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Holcombe
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kefalas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001516:Bees / Q000502:physiology; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D003142:Communication; D003198:Computer Simulation; D008954:Models, Biological; D012919:Social Behavior