Abstract:
The faster is slower effect is a self-organized phenomena first described for pedestrian dynamics. Although it has been obtained in computer simulations, it has not been observed in real systems yet. To achieve this goal, we carried out experiments with ants, which are self-propelled biological agents. The ants were placed inside a bidimensional chamber with a narrow exit, and a paper imbibed with repellent was placed in the opposite wall of the chamber. Using different concentrations of citronella, which produced different degrees of repellency, the ants were forced to egress from the chamber and the evacuation time was measured. A minimum evacuation time is observed for intermediate concentrations of citronella, compatible with the . faster is slower effect. However, this effect was not generated by the occurrence of blocking clusters right before the exit as the ants did not display a selfish evacuation behavior. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
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Título: | Experimental evidence of the " Faster is Slower" effect in the evacuation of ants |
Autor: | Soria, S.A.; Josens, R.; Parisi, D.R. |
Filiación: | Grupo de Estudio de Insectos Sociales, Dto. de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pabellón II, Ciudad Universitaria, C1428EHA C.A. de Buenos Aires, Argentina Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires, 25 de Mayo 444, Piso 5, C1002ABJ C.A. de Buenos Aires, Argentina Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Rivadavia 1917, C1033AAJ C.A. de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Palabras clave: | Biological agents; Competitive evacuation dynamics; Emergency egress; Pedestrian dynamics; Biological agents; Emergency egress; Evacuation dynamics; Evacuation time; Experimental evidence; Pedestrian dynamics; Real systems; Computer simulation; Dynamics; citronellal; animal behavior; animal experiment; ant; article; cluster analysis; competition; concentration response; controlled study; correlational study; evacuation time; nonhuman; observational study; population dynamics; priority journal; response time; social behavior |
Año: | 2012
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Volumen: | 50
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Número: | 7
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Página de inicio: | 1584
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Página de fin: | 1588
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2012.03.010 |
Título revista: | Safety Science
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Título revista abreviado: | Saf. Sci.
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ISSN: | 09257535
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CODEN: | SSCIE
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CAS: | citronellal, 106-23-0, 8000-29-1
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Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_09257535_v50_n7_p1584_Soria |
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Soria, S.A., Josens, R. & Parisi, D.R.
(2012)
. Experimental evidence of the " Faster is Slower" effect in the evacuation of ants. Safety Science, 50(7), 1584-1588.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2012.03.010---------- CHICAGO ----------
Soria, S.A., Josens, R., Parisi, D.R.
"Experimental evidence of the " Faster is Slower" effect in the evacuation of ants"
. Safety Science 50, no. 7
(2012) : 1584-1588.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2012.03.010---------- MLA ----------
Soria, S.A., Josens, R., Parisi, D.R.
"Experimental evidence of the " Faster is Slower" effect in the evacuation of ants"
. Safety Science, vol. 50, no. 7, 2012, pp. 1584-1588.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2012.03.010---------- VANCOUVER ----------
Soria, S.A., Josens, R., Parisi, D.R. Experimental evidence of the " Faster is Slower" effect in the evacuation of ants. Saf. Sci. 2012;50(7):1584-1588.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2012.03.010