Lévy flights, optimal foraging strategies, and foragers with a finite lifespan
Serena Dipierro,
Giovanni Giacomin,
Enrico Valdinoci
Abstract:In some recent work, we have introduced some efficiency functionals to account for optimal dispersal strategies of predators in search of food.
The optimization parameter in this framework is given by the L\'evy exponent of the dispersal of the predators.
In this paper,
we apply our model to the case of foragers with finite lifetime (i.e., foragers which need to eat a certain amount of food in a given time, otherwise they die).
Specifically, we consider the case in which the initial distribution of the forager… Show more
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