Modeling chimp behavior? Try using laws that govern matter
Tuesday, March 3, 2015 - 12:30
in Physics & Chemistry
To simulate chimp behavior, scientists created a computer model based on equations normally used to describe the movement of atoms and molecules in a confined space. An interdisciplinary research team has turned to the physical laws that govern matter to explore one facet of the question of climate change: how the animals will cluster and travel through their territory as the terrain they share with other members of their species shrinks.