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> From: "Robert Axtell" <[hidden email]>
> Date: Thu Mar 27, 2003  1:38:56  PM America/Denver
> To: <[hidden email]>
> Subject: Re: [netlogo-users] Genes and Language
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> Since no one has yet mentioned it, the so-called Axelrod 'culture=20
> model' (R. Axelrod, "The Complexity of Cooperation," Princeton U.=20
> Press, 1997) was advanced by its author as a minimal model of the=20
> spatial evolution of "language, art, technical standards and social=20
> norms". Each site/agent has a cultural 'chromosome' in the model and=20=

> these evolve based on local interactions. Depending on parameters like=20=

> the length of the chromosome (number of features) and the number of=20
> cultural traits per feature, the model evolves into global states=20
> characterized by either a few widespread cultural formations or many=20=

> minor cultures.
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> This model has received significant attention beyond the social=20
> sciences. Castellano, Marsili and Vespignani (Physics Review Letters,=20=

> 85 (16)) studied the phase transition in the model, and San Miguel and=20=

> others have studied the effect of noise added to the model.
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> Other work on multi-agent modeling of language evolution includes Les=20=

> Gasser's group at Illinois (www.isrl.uiuc.edu/amag/langevgroup).
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> Best,
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> Rob Axtell
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> Robert Axtell
> Senior Fellow and Co-Founder
> Center on Social and Economic Dynamics
> The Brookings Institution
> 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
> Washington, DC=A0 20036=A0 USA
> Phone: [phone]
> Assistant: [phone]
> Fax: [phone]
> http://www.brookings.edu/scholars/raxtell.htm
> http://www.brookings.edu/dynamics
> For a popular account of my research see
> http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/04/rauch.htm
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