Interactive communication networks

互动通讯网络

• 批准号: RGPIN-2020-05426
• 负责人: Logue, David
• 金额: $ 2.04万
• 依托单位: University of Lethbridge
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=740597
• 关键词: Interactive; communication; networks

I study interactive communication, which occurs when individuals reciprocally exchange signals. My research program has contributed influential theory, methods, and findings about interactive communication in dyads. I am now expanding the scope of my research to study interactive communication in networks. Interactive communication networks are common, diverse, and important (e.g., cell-signalling networks, online communities), but animal communication networks are poorly understood. My model system is a songbird called Adelaide's warbler, in which networks of neighbouring males sing interactively while females listen. Objective 1: Characterize an interactive communication network HQP and I will simultaneously record a focal male and his neighbours. We will describe their interactive communication network and model the focal male's signal choice as a function of his own preferred signal sequence and the influence of its neighbours' signals. Objectives 2 and 3 support Objective 1, by elucidating the functions of the signals that birds exchange in communication networks. Obj. 2: Test the functions of signal repertoires Adelaide's warblers sing song type repertoires (avg = 29 songs) that are divided into 2 categories. Some song types are shared with other males. We will use existing data to test the function of song categories and shared song types. Obj. 3: Test the functional significance of song performance "Performance" measures how demanding a song is to sing. We will use existing data to study how motivation, individual ability, and climate change affect performance. We will also run experiments to test whether females prefer high performance song, and whether song type matching (a common behaviour in birds) facilitates accurate choice. Impacts Collective behavior theory models the behaviour of individuals in groups (e.g., crowds of people, hordes of locusts), by assuming that rules govern how individuals interact with one another. Communication network theory models the flow of information over a network of communicating individuals. My research advances the study of animal communication by synthesizing collective behaviour theory with network communication theory to model information flow through a network of individuals that follow interaction rules. This research also benefits academic disciplines outside of animal communication and society. Its methods and findings can be applied to traditional (e.g., meetings) and emerging (computer-aided) interactive communication networks in humans. Basic research on interactive communication could lead to better diagnosis and treatment of pathological communication in humans. Many of the methods and hypotheses I use to study birdsong performance can be applied to human performance (e.g., sport, dance). Immediate practical benefits of this work include HQP development, added attention to under-studied tropical systems, and an improved understanding of the effects of climate change on wildlife.

我研究互动交流，这种交流发生在个体相互交换信号时。我的研究项目贡献了有关双人互动沟通的有影响力的理论、方法和发现。我现在正在扩大研究范围，研究网络中的交互式通信。交互式通信网络是常见的、多样化的且重要的（例如，细胞信号网络、在线社区），但动物通信网络却知之甚少。我的模型系统是一种名为阿德莱德莺的鸣禽，邻近的雄性莺鸟网络互动地歌唱，而雌性莺则聆听。目标 1：描述交互式通信网络 HQP，我将同时记录焦点男性和他的邻居。我们将描述它们的交互式通信网络，并根据其自己偏好的信号序列及其邻居信号的影响对焦点男性的信号选择进行建模。 目标 2 和 3 通过阐明鸟类在通信网络中交换的信号的功能来支持目标 1。 对象。 2：测试信号曲目功能 阿德莱德的莺唱歌曲类型曲目（平均= 29 首歌曲）分为2 类。有些歌曲类型是与其他男性共享的。我们将利用现有数据来测试歌曲类别和共享歌曲类型的功能。 对象。 3：测试歌曲表演的功能意义 “表演”衡量一首歌对演唱的要求有多高。我们将利用现有数据来研究动机、个人能力和气候变化如何影响绩效。我们还将进行实验来测试雌性是否更喜欢高性能的歌曲，以及歌曲类型匹配（鸟类的常见行为）是否有助于准确选择。影响 集体行为理论通过假设规则控制个体之间的互动方式，对群体（例如人群、蝗虫群）中个体的行为进行建模。通信网络理论对通信个体网络上的信息流进行建模。我的研究通过将集体行为理论与网络传播理论相结合，对遵循交互规则的个体网络中的信息流进行建模，从而推进了动物传播的研究。这项研究也有利于动物交流和社会以外的学科。它的方法和发现可以应用于传统的（例如会议）和新兴的（计算机辅助）人类交互式通信网络。交互式沟通的基础研究可以更好地诊断和治疗人类的病理性沟通。我用来研究鸟鸣表演的许多方法和假设都可以应用于人类表演（例如运动、舞蹈）。这项工作的直接实际好处包括 HQP 的开发、增加对未充分研究的热带系统的关注以及更好地了解气候变化对野生动物的影响。