Towards the evolution of social structure

Edmonds, Bruce; Norling, Emma and Hales, David (2009). Towards the evolution of social structure. Computational & Mathematical Organization Theory (CMOT), 15(2) pp. 78–94.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10588-008-9052-0

Abstract

To what extent can social structure result from evolutionary processes as popposed to being deliberately organised? To begin to answer this questions five different but releated social simulations are reviewed, and a map of which mechanisms might results in what structures under what conditions being started. These show that different structures can be brought about by evolutionary processes based on the abilities and propensities of the individuals. The article ends with some challenges—to construct a credible simulations of more sophisticated structures: social group selection and self-organised value chains.

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• Item ORO ID
• 32893
• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 1572-9346
• Extra Information
• The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com
  
  
  13/01/2022 - made accepted manuscript available; updated publication dates - KS
• Keywords
• simulation; evolution; social structure; embeddedness; tags; groups; cooperation; symbiosis; group selection
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Engineering and Innovation
  Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
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• © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
• Depositing User
• David Hales