Cultural evolution in spatially structured populations: A review of alternative modeling frameworks

Advances in Complex Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages

  Kandler, Anne ^a   Perreault, Charles ^a   Steele, James ^b,c  

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Agent based simulation; Cultural evolution; Diffusion reaction systems; Spatial modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858166111     PISSN: 02195259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219525912030014     Document Type: Article

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