Interactive communication networks

我研究的是互动交流，它发生在个体相互交换信号的时候。我的研究项目对二对体互动交流的理论、方法和发现都有影响。我现在正在扩大我的研究范围，研究网络中的互动传播。互动通信网络是常见的，多样的，重要的（例如，细胞信号网络，在线社区），但动物通信网络知之甚少。我的模型系统是一种叫做阿德莱德莺的鸣禽，在这种鸣禽中，邻近的雄性鸣叫，雌性鸣叫。目标1：描述一个交互式通信网络HQP和我将同时记录一个焦点男性和他的邻居。我们将描述它们的互动通信网络，并将焦点雄性的信号选择建模为其自己偏好的信号序列和其邻居信号的影响的函数。目标2和3通过阐明鸟类在通信网络中交换信号的功能来支持目标1。实验2：测试信号库的功能阿德莱德莺唱的歌曲类型库（平均29首）分为2类。有些歌曲类型是与其他雄性共享的。我们将使用现有的数据来测试歌曲类别和共享歌曲类型的功能。目的3：测试歌曲表演的功能意义“表演”衡量歌曲对演唱的要求程度。我们将使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，以测试雌性是否更喜欢高性能的歌曲，以及歌曲类型匹配（鸟类的一种常见行为）是否有助于准确的选择。集体行为理论通过假设规则支配着个体如何相互作用来模拟群体中个体的行为（例如，人群，蝗虫群）。通信网络理论为信息在通信个体网络上的流动建模。我的研究通过综合集体行为理论和网络传播理论来模拟遵循交互规则的个体网络中的信息流，从而推进了动物交流的研究。这项研究也有利于动物交流和社会以外的学术学科。它的方法和发现可以应用于传统的（例如，会议）和新兴的（计算机辅助的）人际互动通信网络。互动交流的基础研究可以更好地诊断和治疗人类的病理性交流。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效益包括HQP的发展，对研究不足的热带系统的进一步关注，以及对气候变化对野生动物影响的进一步了解。

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.