Self-Organized Segregation within an Evolving Population
- 19 April 1999
- journal article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 82 (16) , 3360-3363
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.82.3360
Abstract
An evolving population, in which individual members (`agents') adapt their behaviour according to past experience, is of central importance to many disciplines. Because of their limited knowledge and capabilities, agents are forced to make decisions based on inductive, rather than deductive, thinking. We show that a population of competing agents with similar capabilities and knowledge will tend to self-segregate into opposing groups characterized by extreme behavior. Cautious agents perform poorly and tend to become rare.Comment: 9 pages text + 1 separate pdf figure. Revised version. To appear in Phys. Rev. Lett. (1999Keywords
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