This project lives at the intersection of the social sciences, life sciences and applied mathematics. It uses rigorous mathematical modeling to examine social insects, to look at how network dynamics contribute to the evolution of complex biological systems and to explore how behavior evolves within complex systems in general. There are applications outside of biology, in areas including network routing, optimization theory and robotics.
Project details
Principal Investigator(s)
Yun Kang
Co-investigators
Jennifer Fewell, Dieter Armbruster
Date: 9/13/2013 - 8/31/2016
Agency: NSF
Award: $289,564