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A Qualitative Model for Pattern Discrimination in the Honey Bee

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Information Processing in the Visual Systems of Anthropods

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Experimental results on the pattern discrimination of the honey bee can be described by a difference function, defined for every pair of shapes. This function consists of two terms. The first term is an application of a two-dimensional cross-correlation, the second one is a comparison of the contour length of the shapes and is a qualitative measure for the number of alternating stimuli on the ommatidial elements produced by movement of the shapes.

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Cruse, H. (1972). A Qualitative Model for Pattern Discrimination in the Honey Bee. In: Wehner, R. (eds) Information Processing in the Visual Systems of Anthropods. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65477-0_29

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