Multiple time-scales and the developmental dynamics of social systems

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1597, 2012, Pages 1802-1810

  Flack, Jessica C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Multi scale organization; Networks; Signalling; Social complexity; Social niche construction

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COMPLEXITY; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; NETWORKING; TIMESCALE;

EID: 84861546220     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0214     Document Type: Article

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