Johnson, N.F; Leonard, D.J.T; Hui, P.M; Lo, T.S - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 283 (2000) 3, pp. 568-574
We show that evolution in a population of adaptive agents, repeatedly competing for a limited resource, can come to an abrupt halt. This transition from evolutionary to non-evolutionary behavior arises as the global resource level is changed, and is reminiscent of a phase transition to a frozen...