Humans routinely make many decisions collectively, whether they choose a restaurant with
friends, elect political leaders or decide actions to tackle international problems, such as …

Animal movement is a complex spatiotemporal phenomenon that has intrigued researchers
from many disciplines. Interactions among animals, and between animals and the …

Renewed interest in fission-fusion dynamics is due to the recognition that such dynamics
may create unique challenges for social interaction and distinctive selective pressures …

Primate groups need to remain coordinated in their activities and collectively decide when
and where to travel if they are to accrue the benefits and minimize the costs of sociality. The …

Members of social groups need to coordinate their behaviour when choosing between
alternative activities. Consensus decisions enable group members to maintain group …

Social animals regularly face consensus decisions whereby they choose, collectively,
between mutually exclusive actions. Such decisions often involve conflicts of interest …

This book aims to answer two questions that are fundamental to the study of agent-based
economic models: what is agent-based computational economics and why do we need …

To benefit from group living, group members need to keep the group cohesive by
coordinating time and direction of travelling. Self-organization and leadership are two …

Collective decision-making plays a central part in the lives of many social animals. Two
important factors that influence collective decision-making are information uncertainty and …

Living in groups necessarily involves a certain amount of within-group competition for food.
Group members may have different motivations, implying the reaching of a consensus to …