Re: Considering a new project & wanting something for nothing

[Kevin Crowston]

Your project reminds me of a presentation I saw by Robert Axelrod. 
He was looking at the evolution of culture, and had pretty much the 
same model:  a grid with actors in each cell; actors have a set of 
attributes with various values; actors interact with their neighbours 
and depending on how similar they are to their neighbours, after the 
interaction they might change one of their attributes to match.  (So, 
similar, but not identical.)

I'm remembering this from a presentation a few years ago, so I don't 
have a citation, unfortunately, but it might be interesting for you.

Kevin Crowston
Syracuse University
School of Information Studies
4-206 Centre for Science and Technology
Syracuse, NY   13244-4100               


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