Instruct: Identify the main and secondary category of Arxiv papers based on the titles and abstracts
Query: Network-based model of the growth of termite nests   We present a model for the growth of the transportation network inside nests
of the social insect subfamily Termitinae (Isoptera, termitidae). These nests
consist of large chambers (nodes) connected by tunnels (edges). The model based
on the empirical analysis of the real nest networks combined with pruning (edge
removal, either random or weighted by betweenness centrality) and a memory
effect (preferential growth from the latest added chambers) successfully
predicts emergent nest properties (degree distribution, size of the largest
connected component, average path lengths, backbone link ratios, and local
graph redundancy). The two pruning alternatives can be associated with
different genuses in the subfamily. A sensitivity analysis on the pruning and
memory parameters indicates that Termitinae networks favor fast internal
transportation over efficient defense strategies against ant predators. Our
results provide an example of how complex network organization and efficient
network properties can be generated from simple building rules based on local
interactions and contribute to our understanding of the mechanisms that come
into play for the formation of termite networks and of biological
transportation networks in general.

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The categories of this paper are: mtrl-th
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The categories of this paper are: alg-geom
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The categories of this paper are: supr-con
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The categories of this paper are: quant-ph
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The categories of this paper are: nucl-ex
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The categories of this paper are: chem-ph
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The categories of this paper are: dg-ga
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The categories of this paper are: econ
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The categories of this paper are: solv-int
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The categories of this paper are: acc-phys
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The categories of this paper are: q-alg
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The categories of this paper are: patt-sol
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The categories of this paper are: comp-gas
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The categories of this paper are: bayes-an
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The categories of this paper are: hep-lat
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The categories of this paper are: stat