Topological efficiency in three-dimensional gallery networks of termite nests

Andrea Perna (1, 2) , Sergi Valverde (1, 3) , Jacques Gautrais (1) , Christian Jost (1) , Ricard Solé (3) , Pascale Kuntz (2) , Guy Theraulaz (1)

1 CRCA - Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition Animale - UMR5169
2 LINA - Laboratoire d'Informatique de Nantes Atlantique
3 ICREA-Complex Systems Lab

Mots clés: Structures and organisation in complex systems; information theory and communication theory; Networks and genealogical trees; complex systems; patterns

Domaines: Bio-Informatique, Biologie Systémique [q-bio.QM]

Andrea Perna, Sergi Valverde, Jacques Gautrais, Christian Jost, Ricard Solé, et al.. Topological efficiency in three-dimensional gallery networks of termite nests. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2008, 387 (24), pp.6235-6244. ⟨10.1016/j.physa.2008.07.019⟩. ⟨hal-00318963⟩