Ghassan Ahmed Ali*
Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.30, No.1, pp. 351-360, 2021, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2021.017453
- 26 July 2021
Abstract Many living organisms respond to pandemics using strategies such as isolation. This is true, for example, of social insects, for whom the spread of disease can pose a high risk to colony survival. In light of such behaviors, the present study investigated a different way of developing strategies to mitigate the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Specifically, we considered the strategies ants use to handle epidemics and limit disease spread within colonies. To enhance our understanding of these strategies, we explored ants’ social systems and how they specifically respond to infectious diseases. The early warning… More >