Language dynamics in finite populations

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 221, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 445-457

  Komarova, Natalia L ^a,b   Nowak, Martin A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANGUAGE;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 0037424663     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2003.3199     Document Type: Article

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