NDLI: Gender change in certain species - an agent-based modeling study

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Jun Zhang Khasawneh, M.T. Bowling, S.R.
Copyright Year	2010
Description	Author affiliation: Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA (Jun Zhang; Khasawneh, M.T.; Bowling, S.R.)
Abstract	Biologists have found that certain creatures like frogs, orchids, and shrimp change their gender. Some research is proposing that species somehow know there is a gender imbalance and adjust the gender ratio accordingly. The mechanism in which the species change gender is unknown. Some scientists are suggesting that hormones are released which causes one type of reproductive organs to disappear and another type to appear. For organisms which display this phenomenon, apparently there are chemical triggers that respond to the number of members in a population. This will activate the gene(s) that will allow for the disintegration of one set of reproductive organs and the development of the other. The purpose of this paper is not to study how species technically change gender, but to explore how each individual in the population know the gender ratio and who decides who will change gender and who will not. This paper will build an agent-based model, using Netlogo©, to test the following hypothesis, “each individual in the collective does not have to know the gender ratio of the entire population in order to make decisions that will positively impact the collective.” Results show that individuals change their gender in accordance with their own needs. Regardless of the initial gender ratio and despite the fact that the individuals do not possess knowledge about the whole population, there will always be almost-equal number of males and females after a certain time.
Starting Page	225
Ending Page	228
File Size	234493
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424475193
e-ISBN	9781424475223
DOI	10.1109/SIEDS.2010.5469645
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2010-04-23
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Mobile communication Collaborative work Online Communities/Technical Collaboration Genetic programming Context Software design Smart phones Bluetooth Aging Application software
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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