Transition from positive to negative on the leadership effect of the biological particles group
Authored by Ma Yi, Richard Kwok Kit Yuen, Eric Wai Ming Lee
Date Published: 2016
DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/114/18003
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Abstract
This paper reports the existence of the negative effect of leadership on
the collective motion of biological particles and shows that the effect
of leadership may transit from positive to negative with the change in
the sensing capability of the particles. Simulations were conducted in
many scenarios using a simple individual-based model. The results showed
that leadership can accelerate the collective motion of the biological
particles and play a positive role when the sensing capability of the
particles is very limited. However, when the sensing capability of the
particles becomes large enough, leadership may actually slow the
collective motion of the biological particles. This unusual result
suggests that leadership may have a negative effect on the collective
motion of biological particles. Our finding provides a new insight into
how effective leadership can be achieved in a biological particles
group. Copyright (C) EPLA, 2016
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