Quorums enable optimal pooling of independent judgements in biological systems

Individuals fail to reap the collective benefits of diversity because of over-reliance on personal information

(2018) Alan Novaes Tump et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Ensemble learning: A survey

(2018) Omer Sagi et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery

Ensemble learning for data stream analysis: A survey

(2017) Bartosz Krawczyk et al.   Information Fusion

Adversity magnifies the importance of social information in decision-making

(2017) Alfonso Pérez-Escudero et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Sneeze to leave: African wild dogs ( Lycaon pictus ) use variable quorum thresholds facilitated by sneezes in collective decisions

(2017) Reena H. Walker et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The erroneous signals of detection theory

(2017) Pete C. Trimmer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Individual Confidence-Weighting and Group Decision-Making

(2017) James A.R. Marshall et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Boosting medical diagnostics by pooling independent judgments

(2016) Ralf H. J. M. Kurvers et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Information transmission via movement behaviour improves decision accuracy in human groups

(2015) Romain J.G. Clément et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Group discussion improves lie detection

(2015) Nadav Klein et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Collective Intelligence Meets Medical Decision-Making: The Collective Outperforms the Best Radiologist

(2015) Max Wolf et al.   PLoS One

Decision accuracy in complex environments is often maximized by small group sizes

(2014) A. B. Kao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Collective Learning and Optimal Consensus Decisions in Social Animal Groups

(2014) Albert B. Kao et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Collective decision-making in microbes

(2014) Adin Ross-Gillespie et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Humans use social information to adjust their quorum thresholds adaptively in a simulated predator detection experiment

(2013) Ralf H. J. M. Kurvers et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Both information and social cohesion determine collective decisions in animal groups

(2013) N. Miller et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Accurate decisions in an uncertain world: collective cognition increases true positives while decreasing false positives

(2013) M. Wolf et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Quorum Decision-Making in Foraging Fish Shoals

(2012) Ashley J. W. Ward et al.   PLoS One

A common rule for decision making in animal collectives across species

(2012) S. Arganda et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

When Are Two Heads Better than One and Why?

(2012) A. Koriat   SCIENCE

How social influence can undermine the wisdom of crowd effect

(2011) J. Lorenz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Collective Animal Behavior from Bayesian Estimation and Probability Matching

(2011) Alfonso Pérez-Escudero et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Swarm Intelligence in Animal Groups: When Can a Collective Out-Perform an Expert?

(2010) Konstantinos V. Katsikopoulos et al.   PLoS One

Moving calls: a vocal mechanism underlying quorum decisions in cohesive groups

(2010) C. A. H. Bousquet et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Optimally Interacting Minds

(2010) B. Bahrami et al.   SCIENCE

On optimal decision-making in brains and social insect colonies

(2009) J. A. R. Marshall et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Consensus Decision Making by Fish

(2008) David J.T. Sumpter et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Quorum responses and consensus decision making

(2008) D. J.T Sumpter et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Information aggregation and communication in committees

(2008) D. Austen-Smith et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Group decisions in humans and animals: a survey

(2008) L. Conradt et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Quorum decision-making facilitates information transfer in fish shoals

(2008) A. J. W. Ward et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mammalian choices: combining fast-but-inaccurate and slow-but-accurate decision-making systems

(2008) P. C Trimmer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES