Self-organized Diversification of Signals of Different Species

This paper reports results of a computer simulation which models the behavior of different species of communicative agents which share the same habitat. The agents use signals to communicate. This communication is in a male/female context: males use their signals to attract females. Since both share the same habitat, the signals of the species have to be distinguishable, allowing females to identify a male of her own species. But signals used by males of the same species should be similar. The simulation shows that these conventions can emerge using mechanisms of self-organization.