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Reality mining of animal social systems.
Jens Krause,Stefan Krause,Robert Arlinghaus,Robert Arlinghaus,Ioannis Psorakis,Stephen J. Roberts,Christian Rutz +6 more
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Important issues concerning the collection of data on the social dynamics of almost entire populations of individuals, and their processing and analysis, are reviewed to identify the most promising approaches in the emerging field of 'reality mining'.Abstract:
The increasing miniaturisation of animal-tracking technology has made it possible to gather exceptionally detailed machine-sensed data on the social dynamics of almost entire populations of individuals, in both terrestrial and aquatic study systems. Here, we review important issues concerning the collection of such data, and their processing and analysis, to identify the most promising approaches in the emerging field of 'reality mining'. Automated technologies can provide data sensing at time intervals small enough to close the gap between social patterns and their underlying processes, providing insights into how social structures arise and change dynamically over different timescales. Especially in conjunction with experimental manipulations, reality mining promises significant advances in basic and applied research on animal social systems.read more
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Accounting for space and uncertainty in real-time location system-derived contact networks.
TL;DR: Using the methods described herein and the associated R package, called contact, researchers can derive polygons from RTLS points and it is shown that these polygons are highly versatile for contact network creation and can be used to answer a wide variety of epidemiological, ethological, and sociological research questions.
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Identifying the dynamic contact network of infectious disease spread
Pratha Sah,Shweta Bansal +1 more
TL;DR: A new tool, INoDS (Identifying Networks of infectious Disease Spread), is developed that utilizes Bayesian inference to provide evidence towards the underlying contact network of an infectious disease spread, and it is shown that the tool accurately identifies the underlying Contact network even when the networks are partially sampled and information on disease spread is incomplete.
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Assessing the reliability of an automated method for measuring dominance hierarchy in nonhuman primates
Sébastien Ballesta,Baptiste Sadoughi,Fabia Miss,Jamie Whitehouse,Geraud Semevo Aguenounon,Hélène Meunier +5 more
TL;DR: MALT can be used to assess the evolution of individual social status, as well as group-wide hierarchical stability longitudinally with minimal research labour, and facilitates a continuous assessment of dominance hierarchies, even during unpredictable environmental or challenging social events.
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New Dimensions for Animal Communication Networks:Space and Time.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the spatial and temporal consequences of signaling in networks and highlight the distinction between the physical location of the signaler and the spread of influence of its signals.
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Importance of group dynamics on female mating behaviour in reindeer Rangifer tarandus
TL;DR: Investigating female mating behaviour in reindeer Rangifer tarandus using a combination of both field and GPS based data demonstrated an increase in group size at the beginning of the peak rut, resulting from an increase of group cohesiveness, and validated the self-organization theory on ungulate group dynamics.
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