Optimal Search Strategies for Hidden Targets
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Optimal search strategies for hidden targets.
What is the fastest way of finding a randomly hidden target? Experimental observations reveal that the search behavior of foraging animals is generally intermittent: active search phases randomly alternate with phases of fast ballistic motion. Here, we study the efficiency of this two state search strategy by calculating analytically the mean first passage time at the target. We model the perce...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review Letters
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0031-9007,1079-7114
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.94.198101