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BP: Fachverband Biologische Physik
BP 39: Focus Session: Complex Contagion Phenomena II (joint session SOE/DY/BP)
BP 39.11: Talk
Friday, March 16, 2018, 12:30–12:45, MA 001
Modeling of Behavioral Cascades in Fish Schools — •Pawel Romanczuk1,2, Matt Grobis3, Bryan Daniels4, Winnie Poel1,2, Colin Twomey5, and Iain Couzin6,7 — 1Institute for Theoretical Biology, Dept of Biology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany — 2Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Berlin, Germany — 3Dept. of Ecology and Evol. Biology, Princeton University, USA — 4ASU-SFI Center for Biosocial Complex Systems, Arizona State University, USA — 5Dept. of Biology, University of Pennsylvania — 6Dept. of Collective Behavior, MPIORN, Konstanz, Germany — 7Dept. of Biology, University of Konstanz, Germany
Recently, it was shown that the spreading of stereotypical escape behavior (startle) in fish schools corresponds to a complex contagion process [1]. Here, we will discuss the modeling of such behavioral cascades using an extension of the generalized contagion model proposed by Dodds & Watts [2]. In particular, using networks extracted from experimental data, we will identify and discuss parameter regions providing best agreement with experimentally observed cascades. Furthermore, we will apply our modeling ansatz to new experiments on the impact of different risk perception on the behavioral contagion dynamics in fish schools.
[1] Rosenthal, S.B., et al., PNAS 112, 15, 4690-4695 (2015)
[2] Dodds, P. & Watts, D.J., Phys Rev Lett, 92, 218701 (2004)