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Social dynamics / Brian Skyrms.
LIBRA H61.15 .S57 2014
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Skyrms, Brian.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social sciences--Philosophy.
- Social sciences.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 339 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Contents:
- Part I Correlation and the Social Contract 1
- 1 Evolution and the social Contract 3
- Part II Importance of Dynamics 27
- 2 Trust, Risk, and the Social Contract 31
- 3 Bargaining with Neighbors: Is Justice Contagious? / Jason Alexander Alexander, Jason 38
- 4 Stability and Explanatory Significance of Some Simple Evolutionary Models 50
- 5 Dynamics of Conformist Bias 73
- 6 Chaos and the Explanatory Significance of Equilibrium: Strange Attractors in Evolutionary Game Dynamics 83
- 7 Evolutionary Dynamics of Collective Action in N-person Stag Hunt Dilemmas / Jorge M. Pacheco Pacheco, Jorge M., Francisco C. Santos Santos, Francisco C., Max O. Souza Souza, Max O. 110
- 8 Learning to Take Turns: The Basics / Peter Vanderschraaf Vanderschraaf, Peter 128
- 9 Evolutionary Considerations in the Framing of Social Norms / Kevin J.S. Zollman Zollman, Kevin J.S. 135
- Part III Dynamic Networks 147
- 10 Learning to Network / Robin Pemantle Pemantle, Robin 149
- 11 A Dynamic Model of Social Network Formation / Robin Pemantle Pemantle, Robin 163
- 12 Network Formation by Reinforcement Learning: The Long and the Medium Run / Robin Pemantle Pemantle, Robin 187
- 13 Time to Absorption in Discounted Reinforcement Models / Robin Pemantle Pemantle, Robin 205
- Part IV Dynamics of Signals 221
- 14 Learning to Signal: Analysis of a Micro-level Reinforcement Model / Raffaele Argiento Argiento, Raffaele, Robin Pemantle Pemantle, Robin, Stanislav Volkov Volkov, Stanislav 225
- 15 Inventing New Signals / Jason McKenzie Alexander Alexander, Jason McKenzie, Sandy L. Zabell Zabell, Sandy L. 250
- 16 Signals, Evolution, and the Explanatory Power of Transient Information 274
- 17 Co-Evolution of Pre-play Signaling and Cooperation / Francesco Santos Santos, Francesco, Jorge Pacheco Pacheco, Jorge 298
- 18 Evolution of Signaling Systems with Multiple Senders and Receivers 314.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 019965283X
- 9780199652839
- 9780199652822
- 0199652821
- OCLC:
- 858526379
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