Evolving social influence in large populations

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 537-546

  Bentley, R Alexander ^a   Ormerod, Paul ^a,b   Batty, Michael ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Volterra Consulting   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baby names; Cultural transmission; Culture evolution; Fashion; Human dynamics; Markets; Neutral theory; Pop music; Power laws; Random copying; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CULTURAL CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; SELECTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 79951551408     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1102-1     Document Type: Article

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