Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0984731

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0984731

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

House hunting honey bees: speed-accuracy trade-offs in collective decision-making. This project will uncover the mechanisms that underlie the trade-off between speed and accuracy in collective decision-making. We will study two species of honey bee that differ in the relative importance of speed and accuracy when deciding on a new home. Natural selection has shaped the decision-making process differently in the two species, one favouring speed, the other accuracy. We will use the natural wisdom evolved by the bees to design new mathematical models of collective decision-making. These can be applied to create efficient decision-making tools that will be useful for any large organization.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 29-01-2009

End Date: 31-01-2013

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $330,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Sociobiology And Behavioural Ecology | Ecology And Evolution Not Elsewhere Classified | Evolutionary Biology | Biological Mathematics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Biological sciences | Mathematical sciences |

Other Keywords

Biological Mathematics | Biological sciences | Ecology And Evolution Not Elsewhere Classified | Evolutionary Biology | Mathematical sciences | Sociobiology And Behavioural Ecology

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