Publications

@article{10.1371/journal.pone.0287845,

title = {Emergence and retention of a collective memory in cockroaches},

author = {M Calvo Mart\'{i}n and E Rodriguez Palacio and J. -L. Deneubourg and S. C. Nicolis},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287845},

doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0287845},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-01-01},

journal = {PLOS ONE},

volume = {18},

number = {7},

pages = {1-18},

publisher = {Public Library of Science},

abstract = {The stability of collective decisions-making in social systems is crucial as it can lead to counterintuitive phenomena such as collective memories, where an initial choice is challenged by environmental changes. Many social species face the challenge to perform collective decisions under variable conditions. In this study, we focused on situations where isolated individuals and groups of the American cockroach (Periplaneta americana) had to choose between two shelters with different luminosities that were inverted during the experiment. The darker shelter was initially preferred, but only groups that reached a consensus within that shelter maintain their choice after the light inversion, while isolated individuals and small groups lacked site fidelity. Our mathematical model, incorporating deterministic and probabilistic elements, sheds light on the significance interactions and their stochasticity in the emergence and retention of a collective memory.},

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@article{ani12212963,

title = {A Data-Driven Simulation of the Trophallactic Network and Intranidal Food Flow Dissemination in Ants},

author = {O. Bles and J. -L. Deneubourg and C. Sueur and S. C. Nicolis},

url = {https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/21/2963},

doi = {10.3390/ani12212963},

issn = {2076-2615},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-01-01},

journal = {Animals},

volume = {12},

number = {21},

abstract = {Food sharing can occur in both social and non-social species, but it is crucial in eusocial species, in which only some group members collect food. This food collection and the intranidal (i.e., inside the nest) food distribution through trophallactic (i.e., mouth-to-mouth) exchanges are fundamental in eusocial insects. However, the behavioural rules underlying the regulation and the dynamics of food intake and the resulting networks of exchange are poorly understood. In this study, we provide new insights into the behavioural rules underlying the structure of trophallactic networks and food dissemination dynamics within the colony. We build a simple data-driven model that implements interindividual variability and the division of labour to investigate the processes of food accumulation/dissemination inside the nest, both at the individual and collective levels. We also test the alternative hypotheses (no variability and no division of labour). The division of labour, combined with inter-individual variability, leads to predictions of the food dynamics and exchange networks that run, contrary to the other models. Our results suggest a link between the interindividual heterogeneity of the trophallactic behaviours, the food flow dynamics and the network of trophallactic events. Our results show that a slight level of heterogeneity in the number of trophallactic events is enough to generate the properties of the experimental networks and seems to be crucial for the creation of efficient trophallactic networks. Despite the relative simplicity of the model rules, efficient trophallactic networks may emerge as the networks observed in ants, leading to a better understanding of the evolution of self-organisation in such societies.},

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@article{NICOLIS2022111120,

title = {The effect of idiosyncrasy on aggregation in group-living organisms},

author = {S. C. Nicolis and J. -L. Deneubourg},

doi = {10.1016/j.jtbi.2022.111120},

issn = {0022-5193},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-01-01},

journal = {Journal of Theoretical Biology},

volume = {542},

pages = {111120},

abstract = {We use a minimalistic mathematical model with a limited number of parameters to evaluate the impact of interindividual differences in the collective decision-making of a group. As it turns out, in most cases, heterogeneous groups are more efficient in their decision-making than homogenous ones, especially when considering small group sizes. In reality, being different disfavours the emergence of an hysteresis and a collective threshold which are characteristics of such cooperative species while keeping inter-attractions the same between individuals. Finally, when the cooperativity becomes very large, we observe an explosion of accessible stable states.},

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@article{Renoz2021,

title = {The modes of action of Mentha arvensis essential oil on the granary weevil Sitophilus granarius revealed by a label-free quantitative proteomic analysis},

author = {F. Renoz and S. Demeter and H. Degand and S. C. Nicolis and O. Lebbe and H. Martin and J. -L. Deneubourg and M. -L. Fauconnier and P. Morsomme and T. Hance},

doi = {10.1007/s10340-021-01381-4},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-01-01},

journal = {Journal of Pest Science},

volume = {95},

pages = {381\textendash385},

publisher = {Springer Berlin Heidelberg},

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pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

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@article{CalvoMartn2021,

title = {Consensus driven by a minority in heterogenous groups of the cockroach Periplaneta americana},

author = {M. Calvo Mart\`{i}n and M. Eeckhout and J. -L. Deneubourg and S. C. Nicolis},

doi = {10.1016/j.isci.2021.102723},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-01-01},

journal = {iScience},

volume = {24},

number = {7},

pages = {102723},

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@article{Campo2021Mar,

title = {Collective Memory: Transposing Pavlov's Experiment to Robot Swarms},

author = {A. Campo and S. C. Nicolis and J. -L. Deneubourg},

doi = {10.3390/app11062632},

issn = {2076-3417},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-01-01},

journal = {Applied Sciences},

volume = {11},

number = {6},

pages = {2632},

publisher = {Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute},

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@article{Demeter_Lebbe_Hecq_Nicolis_KenneKemene_Martin_Fauconnier_Hance_2021,

title = {Insecticidal Activity of 25 Essential Oils on the Stored Product Pest, Sitophilus granarius},

author = {S. Demeter and O. Lebbe and F. Hecq and S. C. Nicolis and T. Kenne Kemene and H. Martin and M. -L. Fauconnier and T. Hance},

doi = {10.3390/foods10020200},

issn = {2304-8158},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-01-01},

journal = {Foods},

volume = {10},

number = {2},

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pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Nicolis_Pin_CalvoMartin_Planas-Sitja_Deneubourg_2020,

title = {Sexual group composition and shelter geometry affect collective decision-making: the case of Periplaneta americana},

author = {S. C. Nicolis and A. Pin and M. Calvo Mart\'{i}n and I. Planas-Sitj\`{a} and J. -L. Deneubourg},

doi = {10.1007/s00040-020-00791-4},

issn = {1420-9098},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-01-01},

journal = {Insectes Sociaux},

volume = {67},

number = {4},

pages = {523\textendash530},

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pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

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@article{Basios2020,

title = {Gregoire Nicolis, of the Founders of Complexity Science: A Recollection},

author = {V. Basios and S. C. Nicolis},

doi = {10.33581/1561-4085-2020-23-2-102-112},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-01-01},

journal = {Nonlinear Phenomena in Complex Systems},

volume = {23},

number = {2},

pages = {102\textendash112},

publisher = {Belarusian State University},

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@article{Martin_Nicolis_Planas-Sitja_Deneubourg_2019,

title = {Conflictual influence of humidity during shelter selection of the American cockroach (Periplaneta americana)},

author = {M. Calvo Mart\'{i}n and S. C. Nicolis and I. Planas-Sitj\`{a} and J. -L. Deneubourg},

doi = {10.1038/s41598-019-56504-w},

year  = {2019},

date = {2019-01-01},

journal = {Scientific Reports},

volume = {9},

number = {1},

pages = {20331},

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pubstate = {published},

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@article{Planckaert_Nicolis_Deneubourg_Sueur_Bles_2019,

title = {A spatiotemporal analysis of the food dissemination process and the trophallactic network in the ant Lasius niger},

author = {J. Planckaert and S. C. Nicolis and J. -L. Deneubourg and C. Sueur and O. Bles},

doi = {10.1038/s41598-019-52019-6},

year  = {2019},

date = {2019-01-01},

journal = {Scientific Reports},

volume = {9},

number = {1},

pages = {1\textendash11},

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pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

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@article{Toffin2018Colonization-of,

title = {Colonization of weakened trees by mass-attacking bark beetles: no penalty for pioneers, scattered initial distributions and final regular patterns},

author = {Etienne Toffin and Edith Gabriel and Marceau Louis and Jean-Louis Deneubourg and Jean-Claude Gr\'{e}goire},

url = {http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/5/1/170454},

doi = {10.1098/rsos.170454},

year  = {2018},

date = {2018-01-01},

journal = {Royal Society Open Science},

volume = {5},

number = {1},

publisher = {The Royal Society},

abstract = {Bark beetles use aggregation pheromones to promote group foraging, thus increasing the chances of an individual to find a host and, when relevant, to overwhelm the defences of healthy trees. When a male beetle finds a suitable host, it releases pheromones that attract potential mates as well as other textquoteleftspyingtextquoteright males, which result in aggregations on the new host. To date, most studies have been concerned with the use of aggregation pheromones by bark beetles to overcome the defences of living, well-protected trees. How insects behave when facing undefended or poorly defended hosts remains largely unknown. The spatio-temporal pattern of resource colonization by the European eight-toothed spruce bark beetle, Ips typographus, was quantified when weakly defended hosts (fallen trees) were attacked. In many of the replicates, colonization began with the insects rapidly scattering over the available surface and then randomly filling the gaps until a regular distribution was established, which resulted in a constant decrease in nearest-neighbour distances to a minimum below which attacks were not initiated. The scattered distribution of the first attacks suggested that the trees were only weakly defended. A minimal theoretical distance of 2.5 cm to the earlier settlers (corresponding to a density of 3.13 attacks dm-2) was calculated, but the attack density always remained lower, between 0.4 and 1.2 holes dm-2, according to our observations.},

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@article{Bles_Boehly_Deneubourg_Nicolis_2018,

title = {Same length, different shapes: ants collectively choose a straight foraging path over a bent one},

author = {O. Bles and T. Boehly and J. -L. Deneubourg and S. C. Nicolis},

doi = {10.1098/rsbl.2018.0070},

year  = {2018},

date = {2018-01-01},

journal = {Biology Letters},

volume = {14},

number = {3},

pages = {20180070},

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@article{Bles_Deneubourg_Nicolis_2018,

title = {Food dissemination in ants: Robustness of the trophallactic network against resource quality},

author = {O. Bles and J. -L. Deneubourg and S. C. Nicolis},

doi = {10.1242/jeb.192492},

year  = {2018},

date = {2018-01-01},

journal = {The Journal of Experimental Biology},

pages = {jeb.192492},

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@article{Nicolis_Nicolis_2018,

title = {Feedbacks, nonlinearities and nonequilibria: A thermodynamic perspective},

author = {G. Nicolis and S. C. Nicolis},

doi = {10.1016/j.jtbi.2018.08.039},

year  = {2018},

date = {2018-01-01},

journal = {Journal of Theoretical Biology},

volume = {458},

pages = {1\textendash9},

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@article{Planas-Sitja_Nicolis_Sempo_Deneubourg_2018,

title = {The interplay between personalities and social interactions affects the cohesion of the group and the speed of aggregation},

author = {I. Planas-Sitj\`{a} and S. C. Nicolis and G. Sempo and J. L. Deneubourg},

doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0201053},

year  = {2018},

date = {2018-01-01},

journal = {PLOS ONE},

volume = {13},

number = {8},

pages = {e0201053},

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@article{ranganathan2017setting,

title = {Setting development goals using stochastic dynamical system models},

author = {Ranganathan, S. and Nicolis, {S. C.} and Swain, Ranjula Bali and Sumpter, {D. J. T.}},

year  = {2017},

date = {2017-01-01},

journal = {PloS one},

volume = {12},

number = {2},

pages = {e0171560},

publisher = {Public Library of Science},

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pubstate = {published},

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@article{Bologna2017An-automated-me,

title = {An automated method for large-scale monitoring of seed dispersal by ants},

author = {Audrey Bologna and Etienne Toffin and Claire Detrain and Alexandre Campo},

url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep40143},

doi = {10.1038/srep40143},

issn = {2045-2322},

year  = {2017},

date = {2017-01-01},

journal = {Scientific Reports},

volume = {7},

pages = {40143},

publisher = {Springer Nature},

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@article{ls2017,

title = {Group choices seemingly at odds with individual preferences},

author = {M. -O. Laurent Salazar and S. C. Nicolis and M. Calvo Martin and G. Sempo and J. -L. Deneubourg and I. Planas-Sitja},

doi = {10.1098/rsos.170232},

year  = {2017},

date = {2017-01-01},

journal = {Royal Society Open Science},

volume = {4},

number = {7},

pages = {170232},

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@article{Ranganathan2017,

title = {Setting development goals using stochastic dynamical system models},

author = {S. Ranganathan and S. C. Nicolis and R. Swain and D. J. T. Sumpter},

doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0171560},

year  = {2017},

date = {2017-01-01},

journal = {PLOS ONE},

volume = {12},

number = {2},

pages = {e0171560},

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@article{Nicolis2016,

title = {Transition between segregation and aggregation: the role of environmental constraints},

author = {S. C. Nicolis and J. Halloy and J. -L. Deneubourg},

doi = {10.1038/srep32703},

year  = {2016},

date = {2016-01-01},

booktitle = {Advances in Physarum Machines},

journal = {Scientific Reports},

volume = {6},

pages = {32703},

publisher = {Springer International Publishing},

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pubstate = {published},

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@article{Basios2016,

title = {Coordinated aggregation in complex systems},

author = {V. Basios and S. C. Nicolis and J. -L. Deneubourg},

doi = {10.1140/epjst/e2016-02660-5},

year  = {2016},

date = {2016-01-01},

journal = {The European Physical Journal Special Topics},

volume = {225},

number = {6-7},

pages = {1143\textendash1147},

publisher = {Springer Berlin Heidelberg},

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pubstate = {published},

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@article{Broly2016,

title = {Sensitivity of density-dependent threshold to species composition in arthropod aggregates},

author = {P. Broly and E. Quentin and D. Geoffrey and S. C. Nicolis and J. -L. Deneubourg},

doi = {10.1038/srep32576},

year  = {2016},

date = {2016-01-01},

journal = {Scientific Reports},

volume = {6},

pages = {32576},

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@article{Louis2016Modelling-colle,

title = {Modelling collective foraging in endemic bark beetle populations},

author = {Marceau Louis and Etienne Toffin and Jean-Claude Gr\'{e}goire and Jean-Louis Deneubourg},

url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304380016302502},

doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2016.07.008},

issn = {0304-3800},

year  = {2016},

date = {2016-01-01},

journal = {Ecological Modelling},

volume = {337},

pages = {188 - 199},

abstract = {Abstract Tree-killing bark beetles are widely studied at epidemic population densities because of their significant impacts on forests. At endemic levels, these species are restricted to poorly defended resources, such as wind-felled, lightning-struck, or suppressed trees. It is poorly understood how these scattered and unpredictable resources are discovered and exploited. In this prospect, the collective foraging shown by most bark beetles, in the form of independent searching by individual beetles combined with mutual attention to each other's chemical signals, represents an efficient strategy to increase the probability to discover the resources. In order to explore the role of host distribution and collective foraging on the discovery of and settlement on wind-felled trees by bark beetles at endemic population densities, we developed a spatially explicit foraging model for the major forest pest in Europe, Ips typographus. The model is based on the diffusion of the beetles, the landing of pioneers on wind-felled trees realistically distributed based on field observations in southern Belgium, and the response of flying beetles to pheromones emitted by these pioneers. The results show that social foraging effectively increases the proportion of beetles that landed on wind-felled resources compared to solitary foragers. Furthermore, the model highlights the parameters that influenced the foraging strategy of I. typographus and that need narrower quantification in further experiments. Finally, in the frame of the tested parameters, the model highlights the existence of thresholds in the reproduction rate and in the size of the starting population under which populations collapse. If confirmed, this prediction would shed new light on the understanding of foraging at low, endemic population levels.},

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@article{nicolis2015probabilistic,

title = {Probabilistic Network Approach to Decision-Making},

author = {Nicolis, {G.} and Nicolis, {S. C.}},

year  = {2015},

date = {2015-01-01},

journal = {Open Systems \& Information Dynamics},

volume = {22},

number = {02},

pages = {1550012},

publisher = {World Scientific},

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pubstate = {published},

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@article{Ranganathan2015,

title = {Understanding democracy and development traps using a data-driven approach},

author = {S. Ranganathan and S. C. Nicolis and V. Spaiser and David J. T. Sumpter},

doi = {10.1089/big.2014.0066},

year  = {2015},

date = {2015-01-01},

journal = {Big Data},

volume = {3},

number = {1},

pages = {22\textendash33},

abstract = {Methods from machine learning and data science are becoming increasingly important in the social sciences, providing powerful new ways of identifying statistical relationships in large data sets. However, these relation- ships do not necessarily offer an understanding of the processes underlying the data. To address this problem, we have developed a method for fitting nonlinear dynamical systems models to data related to social change. Here, we use this method to investigate how countries become trapped at low levels of socioeconomic devel- opment. We identify two types of traps. The first is a democracy trap, where countries with low levels of eco- nomic growth and/or citizen education fail to develop democracy. The second trap is in terms of cultural values, where countries with low levels of democracy and/or life expectancy fail to develop emancipative values. We show that many key developing countries, including India and Egypt, lie near the border of these develop- ment traps, and we investigate the time taken for these nations to transition toward higher democracy and so- cioeconomic well-being.},

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@article{Vogel20152322,

title = {Phenotypic variability in unicellular organisms: from calcium signalling to social behaviour},

author = {Vogel, D. and Nicolis, {S. C.} and Perez-Escudero, A. and Nanjundiah, V. and Sumpter, {D. J. T.}. and {D}ussutour, {A}.},

year  = {2015},

date = {2015-01-01},

journal = {Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences},

volume = {282},

number = {1819},

abstract = {Historically, research has focused on the mean and often neglected the variance. However, variability in nature is observable at all scales: among cells within an individual, among individuals within a population and among populations within a species. A fundamental quest in biology now is to find the mechanisms that underlie variability. Here, we investigated behavioural variability in a unique unicellular organism, Physarum polycephalum. We combined experiments and models to show that variability in cell signalling contributes to major differences in behaviour underpinning some aspects of social interactions. First, following thousands of cells under various contexts, we identified distinct behavioural phenotypes: textquoteleftslow\textendashregular\textendashsocialtextquoteright, textquoteleftfast\textendashregular\textendashsocialtextquoteright and textquoteleftfast\textendashirregular\textendashasocialtextquoteright. Second, coupling chemical analysis and behavioural assays we found that calcium signalling is responsible for these behavioural phenotypes. Finally, we show that differences in signalling and behaviour led to alternative social strategies. Our results have considerable implications for our understanding of the emergence of variability in living organisms.},

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@article{Nicolis2015,

title = {Probabilistic network approach to decision-making},

author = {G. Nicolis and S. C. Nicolis},

doi = {10.1142/S1230161215500122},

year  = {2015},

date = {2015-01-01},

journal = {Open Systems},

volume = {22},

number = {2},

pages = {1550012},

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pubstate = {published},

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@article{Vogel2015,

title = {Phenotypic variability in unicellular organisms: from calcium signalling to social behaviour},

author = {D. Vogel and S. C. Nicolis and A. Perez-Escudero and V. Nanjundiah and D. J. T. Sumpter and A. Dussutour},

doi = {10.1098/rspb.2015.2322},

year  = {2015},

date = {2015-01-01},

journal = {Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences},

volume = {282},

number = {1819},

pages = {20152322},

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@article{nicolis2014dynamics,

title = {Dynamics of Collective Decisions in a Time-Dependent Environment},

author = {Nicolis, {S. C.} and Nicolis, {G.}},

year  = {2014},

date = {2014-01-01},

journal = {International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos},

volume = {24},

number = {8},

pages = {1440010 (9 pages)},

publisher = {World Scientific},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{arganda2014collective,

title = {Collective choice in ants: The role of protein and carbohydrates ratios},

author = {Arganda, S and Nicolis, {S. C.} and Perochain, A and P{'e}chabadens, C and Latil, G and Dussutour, A},

year  = {2014},

date = {2014-01-01},

journal = {Journal of insect physiology},

volume = {69},

pages = {19-26},

publisher = {Elsevier},

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pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

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@article{doi:10.1142/S0218127414400100,

title = {Dynamics of Collective Decisions in a Time-Dependent Environment},

author = {Stamatios C. Nicolis and Gr\'{e}goire Nicolis},

doi = {10.1142/S0218127414400100},

year  = {2014},

date = {2014-01-01},

journal = {International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos},

volume = {24},

number = {08},

pages = {1440010},

abstract = {The field of dynamical systems had been revolutionized by the seminal work of Leonid Shil'nikov. As a tribute to his genius we analyze in this paper the response of dynamical systems to systematic variations of a control parameter in time, using a normal form approach. Explicit expressions of the normal forms and of their parameter dependences are derived for a class of systems possessing multiple steady-states associated to collective choices between several options in group-living organisms, giving rise to bifurcations of the pitchfork and of the limit point type. Depending on the conditions, delays in the transitions between states, stabilization of metastable states, or on the contrary enhancement of the choice of the most rewarding option induced by the time dependence of the parameter are identified.},

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@article{Arganda2014,

title = {Collective choice in ants: the role of protein and carbohydrates ratios},

author = {S. Arganda and S. C. Nicolis and A. Perochain and C. P\'{e}chabadens and G. Latil and A. Dussutour},

doi = {10.1016/j.jinsphys.2014.04.002},

year  = {2014},

date = {2014-01-01},

journal = {Journal of Insect Physiology},

volume = {69},

pages = {19\textendash26},

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@article{Zabzina2014,

title = {Symmetry restoring bifurcation in collective decision-making},

author = {N. Zabzina and A. Dussutour and R. P. Mann and D. J. T. Sumpter and S. C. Nicolis},

doi = {10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003960},

year  = {2014},

date = {2014-01-01},

journal = {PLoS Computational Biology},

volume = {10},

number = {12},

pages = {e1003960},

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pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

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@article{nicolis2013foraging,

title = {Foraging at the Edge of Chaos: Internal Clock Versus External Forcing},

author = {Nicolis, {S. C.} and Fern{'a}ndez, J. and P{'e}rez-Penichet, C. and Noda, C. and Tejera, F. and Ramos, O. and Sumpter, {D. J. T.} and Altshuler, E.},

year  = {2013},

date = {2013-01-01},

journal = {Physical Review Letters},

volume = {110},

number = {26},

pages = {268104},

publisher = {American Physical Society},

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pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{dussutour2013flexibility,

title = {Flexibility in Collective Decision-Making by Ant Colonies: Tracking Food across Space and Time},

author = {Dussutour, A. and Nicolis, {S. C.},

year  = {2013},

date = {2013-01-01},

journal = {Chaos, Solitons \& Fractals},

volume = {50},

pages = {32-38},

publisher = {Pergamon},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Dussutour2013,

title = {Flexibility in collective decision-making by ant colonies: Tracking food across space and time},

author = {A. Dussutour and S. C. Nicolis},

doi = {10.1016/j.chaos.2013.02.004},

year  = {2013},

date = {2013-01-01},

journal = {Chaos, Solitons \& Fractals},

volume = {50},

pages = {32\textendash38},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Nicolis2013,

title = {Foraging at the edge of chaos: internal clock versus external forcing},

author = {S. C. Nicolis and J. Fern\'{a}ndez and C. P\'{e}rez-Penichet and C. Noda and F. Tejera and O. Ramos and D. J. T. Sumpter and E. Altshuler},

doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.268104},

year  = {2013},

date = {2013-01-01},

journal = {Physical Review Letters},

volume = {110},

number = {26},

pages = {268104},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{perna2012individual,

title = {Individual Rules for Trail Pattern Formation in Argentine Ants (Linepithema Humile)},

author = {Perna, A. and Granovskiy, B. and Garnier, S. and Nicolis, {S. C.} and Lab{'e}dan, M. and Theraulaz, G. and Fourcassi{'e}, V. and Sumpter, {D. J. T.},

year  = {2012},

date = {2012-01-01},

journal = {PLoS Computational Biology},

volume = {8},

number = {7},

pages = {e1002592},

publisher = {Public Library of S. C.ience},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{sumpter2012six,

title = {Six Predictions about the Decision Making of Animal and Human Groups},

author = {Sumpter, {D. J. T.} and Zabzina, N. and Nicolis, {S. C.},

year  = {2012},

date = {2012-01-01},

journal = {Managerial and {D}ecision Economics},

volume = {33},

number = {5-6},

pages = {295--309},

publisher = {John Wiley \& Sons, Ltd},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Perna2012,

title = {Individual rules for trail pattern formation in Argentine ants (Linepithema humile)},

author = {A. Perna and B. Granovskiy and S. Garnier and S. C. Nicolis and M. Lab\'{e}dan and G. Theraulaz and V. Fourcassi\'{e} and D. J. T. Sumpter},

doi = {10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002592},

year  = {2012},

date = {2012-01-01},

journal = {PLoS Computational Biology},

volume = {8},

number = {7},

pages = {e1002592},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Sumpter2012,

title = {Six predictions about the decision making of animal and human groups},

author = {D. J. T. Sumpter and N. Zabzina and S. C. Nicolis},

doi = {10.1002/mde.2553},

year  = {2012},

date = {2012-01-01},

journal = {Managerial and Decision Economics},

volume = {33},

number = {5-6},

pages = {295\textendash309},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{nicolis2011information,

title = {Information Flow and Information Production in a Population System},

author = {Nicolis, {S. C.}},

year  = {2011},

date = {2011-01-01},

journal = {Physical Review E},

volume = {84},

number = {1},

pages = {011110},

publisher = {APS},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{nicolis2011resource,

title = {Resource Exploitation Strategies in the Presence of Traffic between Food Sources},

author = {Nicolis, {S. C.} and Dussutour, A.},

year  = {2011},

date = {2011-01-01},

journal = {Biosystems},

volume = {103},

number = {1},

pages = {73--78},

publisher = {Elsevier},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{nicolis2011dynamical,

title = {A Dynamical Approach to Stock Market Fluctuations},

author = {Nicolis, {S. C.} and Sumpter, {D. J. T.}},

year  = {2011},

date = {2011-01-01},

journal = {International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos},

volume = {21},

number = {12},

pages = {3557--3564},

publisher = {World S. C.ientific Publishing Company},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}