So since I've had this result, I've spent a lot of time trying to figure out what kinds of decision rules -- very simple, local, probably olfactory, chemical rules could an ant could be using, since no ant can assess the global situation -- that would have the outcome that I see, these predictable dynamics, in who does what task.
自从我得出了这个结论，我用了很长时间尝试着去弄明白 蚂蚁们用的是一种什么规律来作决定的——简单的，小范围内的，极有可能是用嗅觉或化学信息传导的。 既然没有蚂蚁可以纵观全局，每一只蚂蚁都在使用这个规律—— 这样才会导致我所看到的现象， 这些可预测的变化，关于哪只蚂蚁做什么工作，