Detecting social transmission in networks

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 263, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 544-555

  Hoppitt, William ^a   Boogert, Neeltje J ^b   Laland, Kevin N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Culture; Network based diffusion analysis; Order of acquisition; Social learning; Traditions

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; SIMULATION;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOCIAL LEARNING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; STURNIDAE;

EID: 77649335961     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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