Convergence to consensus in heterogeneous groups and the emergence of informal leadership | Scientific Reports

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Download PDF Subjects Evolution Social evolution Abstract When group cohesion is essential, groups must have efficient strategies in place for consensus decision-making. Recent theoretical work suggests that shared decision-making is often the most efficient way for dealing with both information uncertainty and individual variation in preferences. However, some animal and most human groups make collective decisions through particular individuals, leaders, that have a disproportionate influence on group decision-making. To address this discrepancy between theory and data, we study a simple, but

Convergence to consensus in heterogeneous groups and the emergence of informal leadership | Scientific Reports

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