In Silico Bees

2 Computational Modeling of Organization in Honey Bee Societies Based on Adaptive Role Allocation

Mark Hoogendoorn, Martijn C. Schut, and Jan Treur

CONTENTS

Abstract

Keywords

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Modeling Organizational Dynamics

2.2.1 Representing Organizational Structure

2.2.2 Representing Organizational Behavior

2.3 Organizational Properties

2.4 Role Properties

2.4.1 Worker Role Behavior

2.4.2 Member Role Behavior

2.5 Simulation Results

2.6 Concluding Remarks

References

ABSTRACT

One of the unique features of the organization in honey bee societies is the ability to adapt to environmental circumstances in a highly decentralized way. This adaptation takes the form of changes in the allocation of bees to ...