Physics

Environmental memory boosts group formation of clueless individuals

C. S. Dias, M. Trivedi, et al.

Explore how disconnected individuals can form efficient groups through their environment in this fascinating study by Cristóvão S. Dias, Manish Trivedi, Giovanni Volpe, Nuno A. M. Araújo, and Giorgio Volpe. Discover the groundbreaking mechanism of self-organization that challenges traditional views on communication and coordination.

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Abstract

Group formation enhances performance and fitness across various decentralized systems. This study demonstrates that even clueless individuals, lacking communication and information processing, can form groups through indirect coordination via a dynamic environment. The environment transiently stores memory of individual passages, creating reusable paths that facilitate aggregation. This mechanism of self-organization, primarily driven by environmental factors, overshadows the need for explicit signaling.

Publisher

Nature Communications

Published On

Nov 13, 2023

Authors

Cristóvão S. Dias, Manish Trivedi, Giovanni Volpe, Nuno A. M. Araújo, Giorgio Volpe

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