Cooperative behavior: Superefficient weaver ants
David L. Hu hu@me.gatech.edu
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Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 801 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332-0405, USA
Summary
Teamwork has long faced a dilemma: as team members are added, the effectiveness of each individual decreases — a phenomenon known as ‘Ringelmann’s effect’. A new study shows that weaver ants in pulling chains overcome Ringelmann’s effect, a result that may inspire new ways to coordinate teams.
