Exploring the onset of collective intelligence in self-organised trails of social organisms

We investigate the emergence of self-organised trails in collective motion of social organisms by means of an agent-based model. We present numerical evidences that an increase in the efficiency of navigation between the target areas, in dependence of the colony size, exists. Moreover, the shift, from the maladaptive to the adaptive behaviour, can be quantitative characterised, identifying and measuring a well defined crossover point. This point corresponds to the minimal number of individuals necessary for the onset of collective intelligence. Its scaling behaviour, as a function of the environment size, is clearly characterised. PACS numbers: 89.75.Kd, 05.65.+b, 64.60.-i ar X iv :1 70 5. 04 18 2v 1 [ nl in .A O ] 1 1 M ay 2 01 7