From: "Paul Marsden" <PaulMarsden@msn.com>
To: "memetics" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Subject: New memetics paper
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 12:31:45 -0000
Has anybody read this or know anything about the Weilbull model that it
focuses on
"Transmission models with the delay of time"
LA: Japanese
AU: Shichijo_T
NA: UNIV OSAKA PREFECTURE,COLL ECON,1-1 GAKUEN CHO,SAKAI,OSAKA 5998531,JAPAN
JN: SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY AND METHODS, 1998, Vol.13, No.1, pp.75-91
IS: 0913-1442
DT: Article
AB: Weibull(1995) made a new type of transmission model as an imitation
model of the evolutionary game theory. His model, unlike previous models,
can describe the state in which two cultural elements coexist. Moreover,
since the transmission equation of the model is driven by profit structure,
this model can explain various social phenomena by varying the profit
structure. But, the transmission model of Weibull(1995) which consists of
two cultural elements, similar to previous transmission models, cannot
describe such a unimodal movement in which a cultural element initially
spreads and yet eventually goes out of fashion, or such a cyclical movement
in which the number of people that adopt a cultural element oscillates.
Moreover, in reality, it is not possible to know the current social state,
but only to know the previous social state of a slightly previous period.
Thus, in this paper we insist that models must incorporate the delay of
time, a factor which has thus far been ignored. Using the model with the
delay of time, this paper acquires an implication that more accurate
information may incur social unrest.
KP: OVERLAPPING GENERATIONS
WA: evolutionary game theory, transition theory, meme, bubble, phenomenon of
fashion
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Paul Marsden
Graduate Research Centre in the Social Sciences
University of Sussex
e-mail PaulMarsden@msn.com
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