Viability and resilience in the dynamics of language competition

Understanding Complex Systems

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages 39-73

  Castelló, Xavier ^a   Vazquez, Federico ^b   Eguíluz, Víctor M ^a   Loureiro Porto, Lucía ^c   Miguel, Maxi San ^a   Chapel, Laetitia ^d   Deffuant, Guillaume ^e  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA INTERDISCIPLINAR Y SISTEMAS COMPLEJOS IFISC CSIC UIB   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

^e Cemagref   (France)

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EID: 80054726317     PISSN: 18600832     EISSN: 18600840     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-20423-4_3     Document Type: Article

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