The dynamics of social innovation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2011, Pages 21285-21291

  Young, H Peyton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convergence time; Game dynamics; Learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL INNOVATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIAL WELFARE;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; GAME THEORY; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84855482565     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1100973108     Document Type: Article

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