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Artificial Life and Robotics
Published in: Artificial Life and Robotics 4/2020

15-10-2020 | Original Article

An agent-based model for community formation process of vampire bats that survive by sharing food

Authors: Taishi Mikami, Takeshi Kano, Akio Ishiguro

Published in: Artificial Life and Robotics | Issue 4/2020

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Abstract

Animals often swarm and form communities to survive in harsh and complex environments. Toward improving the vulnerability of engineering systems against power-source limitations, we focused on food-sharing community of vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus). Although vampire bats die within 3 days if they fail to acquire any food, they can survive over 10 years by forming a highly sophisticated community wherein they share food with each other. In this study, we developed a simple mathematical model for the community formation process and demonstrated its validity via simulation.
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Metadata
Title
An agent-based model for community formation process of vampire bats that survive by sharing food
Authors
Taishi Mikami
Takeshi Kano
Akio Ishiguro
Publication date
15-10-2020
Publisher
Springer Japan
Published in
Artificial Life and Robotics / Issue 4/2020
Print ISSN: 1433-5298
Electronic ISSN: 1614-7456
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-020-00649-9

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