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Consensus decision making by fish.
Current biology : CB - 25 Nov 2008
Sumpter David J T, Krause Jens, James Richard, Couzin Iain D, Ward Ashley J W
Abstract excerpt
Decisions reached through consensus are often more accurate, because they efficiently utilize the diverse information possessed by group members [1-3]. A trust in consensus decision making underlies many of our democratic political and judicial institutions [4], as well as the design of web tools such as Google, Wikipedia, and prediction markets [5, 6]. In theory, consensus for the option favored by the majority...
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