Network-based diffusion analysis: A new method for detecting social learning

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1663, 2009, Pages 1829-1836

  Franz, Mathias ^a,c   Nunn, Charles L ^a,b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Animal cultures; Diffusion of innovations; Maximum likelihood estimation; Social learning; Social network

Indexed keywords

GROUP BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; PRIMATE; SOCIAL NETWORK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL LEARNING;

ANIMALIA; MACACA;

EID: 66149180703     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1824     Document Type: Article

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