Title :
Development of neurotransmitter modulation on aggression and dominance hierarchy in cricket, Gryllus Bimaculatus
Author :
Yano, Shiro ; Ikemoto, Yusuke ; Aonuma, Hitoshi ; Asama, Hajime
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Eng., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
To design distributed autonomous systems, it´s effective to mimic animal society. We studied cricket Gryllus Bimaculatus as a typically aggressive insect. In this paper, we construct mathematical model of the individual internal mechanisms which modulate aggressiveness and we make agents to fight each other under some density. As a result, it´s confirmed to occur critical phenomenon upon each agent´s internal states caused by density effect. At last, we discuss the usage of such transition in distributed autonomous system.
Keywords :
control system synthesis; distributed control; mobile robots; neurocontrollers; aggressive insect; animal society; cricket Gryllus Bimaculatus; distributed autonomous system design; individual internal mechanisms; mathematical model; neurotransmitter modulation; Birds; Design engineering; Differential equations; Genetics; Insects; Intensity modulation; Marine animals; Mathematical model; Monitoring; Neurotransmitters; Aggressive behavior in cricket; Dominance hierarchy; Neuromodulator;
Conference_Titel :
ICCAS-SICE, 2009
Conference_Location :
Fukuoka
Print_ISBN :
978-4-907764-34-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-4-907764-33-3