Self-structuring properties of dominance hierarchies. A new perspective

Advances in Genetics

Volumn 75, Issue , 2011, Pages 51-81

  Chase, Ivan D ^a   Seitz, Kristine ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance hierarchies; Intransitive relationships; Jigsaw puzzle model; Music notation; Prior attributes; Self organization; Social cognition; Social dominance; Transitive relationships; Winner loser models

Indexed keywords

EID: 81055149920     PISSN: 00652660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-380858-5.00001-0     Document Type: Chapter

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