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MARL model replicates fish collective behavior and social foraging

Researchers have developed a novel computational framework to study collective behavior in weakly electric fish using multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL). This model successfully replicates key aspects of real fish behavior, including foraging patterns and electric organ discharge statistics. The framework allows for in silico interventions to understand the drivers of social foraging and analyzes neural dynamics to reveal how task-relevant information and social context are encoded. AI

IMPACT Provides a new simulation tool for studying animal collective behavior and emergent properties in MARL systems.

RANK_REASON Academic paper detailing a new computational framework and simulation results. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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MARL model replicates fish collective behavior and social foraging

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Satpreet H. Singh, Sonja Johnson-Yu, Zhouyang Lu, Aaron Walsman, Federico Pedraja, Denis Turcu, Pratyusha Sharma, Naomi Saphra, Nathaniel B. Sawtell, Kanaka Rajan ·

    Active Electrosensing and Communication in MARL-trained Weakly Electric Fish Collectives

    arXiv:2511.08436v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: How complex collective behavior emerges from individual interactions is a fundamental scientific question, but experimental cost and difficulty of simultaneous multi-brain recordings limit direct study in animals. Here we …