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DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR OF A NONLINEAR SINGLE SPECIES DIFFUSIVE SYSTEM
CHEN, FENGDE; CHEN, XIAOXING; SHI, JINLIN - In: Advances in Complex Systems (ACS) 08 (2005) 04, pp. 399-417
In this paper, we consider the following nonlinear single species diffusive system \begin{eqnarray*} \dot{x}_i(t)&=& x_i(t)\left(b_i(t)-\sum_{k=1}^{l_i}a_{ik}(t)(x_i(t))^{\beta_{ik}}\right)\\ && +\,\sum_{j=1}^{n}D_{ij}(t)(x_j(t)-x_i(t)),\quad (i,j=1,2,\ldots,n), \end{eqnarray*} where bi(t),...
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DYNAMICS OF DISCRETE OPINIONS WITHOUT COMPROMISE
ÖZTÜRK, M. KAAN - In: Advances in Complex Systems (ACS) 16 (2013) 06, pp. 1350010-1
generalized extreme value distribution. The diffusion coefficient of an opinion increases linearly with the number of opinions …
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DO LANGUAGE CHANGE RATES DEPEND ON POPULATION SIZE?
WICHMANN, SØREN; STAUFFER, DIETRICH; SCHULZE, CHRISTIAN; … - In: Advances in Complex Systems (ACS) 11 (2008) 03, pp. 357-369
An earlier study [24] concluded, based on computer simulations and some inferences from empirical data, that languages will change the more slowly the larger the population gets. We replicate this study using a more complete language model for simulations (the Schulze model combined with a...
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BETTER BEING THIRD THAN SECOND IN A SEARCH FOR A MAJORITY OPINION
STAUFFER, DIETRICH - In: Advances in Complex Systems (ACS) 05 (2002) 01, pp. 97-100
Monte Carlo simulations of a Sznajd model show that if a near-consensus is formed out of four initially equally widespread opinions, the one which at intermediate times is second in the number of adherents usually loses out against the third-placed opinion.
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THE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DIFFUSION OF STYLISTIC INNOVATIONS IN MATERIAL CULTURE
SCHOLNICK, JONATHAN B. - In: Advances in Complex Systems (ACS) 15 (2012) 01, pp. 1150010-1
Many explanations for the sigmoid or S-shaped curves that characterize the diffusion of innovations through time have … underlying social forces that structure diffusion through both space and time. Using historic New England gravestones and their … among consumers can generate both wave-like diffusion patterns through space and lead to the persistence of cultural …
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Comparative economics: evolution and the modern economy
Vermeij, Geerat - In: Journal of Bioeconomics 11 (2009) 2, pp. 105-134
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EMERGENCE OF REGULATORY NETWORKS IN SIMULATED EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES
DRASDO, DIRK; KRUSPE, MATTHIAS - In: Advances in Complex Systems (ACS) 08 (2005) 02, pp. 285-318
that underlie the regulation processes have been determined on the time scale of evolution, by selection on the phenotypic … evolution. Both can be found for example in the life cycle of the slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum. However, phenotypic …
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Does classical liberalism imply an evolutionary approach to policy-making?
Schnellenbach, Jan - In: Journal of Bioeconomics 17 (2015) 1, pp. 53-70
<Para ID="Par1">This paper argues that an evolutionary approach to policy-making, which emphasizes openness to change and political variety, is particularly compatible with the central tenets of classical liberalism. The chief reasons are that classical liberalism acknowledges the ubiquity of uncertainty, as...</para>
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Human ultrasociality and the invisible hand: foundational developments in evolutionary science alter a foundational concept in economics
Wilson, David; Gowdy, John - In: Journal of Bioeconomics 17 (2015) 1, pp. 37-52
behaviors that are “for the good of the group” seldom maximize relative fitness within the group. The evolution of group …
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MODULARITY, DEPENDENCE AND CHANGE
GEIPEL, MARKUS MICHAEL - In: Advances in Complex Systems (ACS) 15 (2012) 06, pp. 1250083-1
Technological artifacts such as software often comprise a large number of modules; more than twenty thousand in the case of the Java software Eclipse. While on the micro-level this system is modular, how should the building blocks be arranged on the macro-level? In the literature this question...
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