Abstract:Abstract-Male bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, found off the coast of Western Australia and Florida, often form varied levels of alliances to capture females and increase their chances of mating. One such alliance, known as the first-order alliance, consists of 2-3 dolphins that share a very strong "bond", formally known as the Association coefficient in behavioral biology. We formalize factors that affect the coefficient, and analyze their influence in building alliances in the context of multi-agent … Show more
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