5 papers
Divergent Cumulative Cultural Evolution
Chris Marriott, Jobran Chebib
Divergent cumulative cultural evolution occurs when the cultural evolutionary trajectory diverges from the biological evolutionary trajectory. We consider the conditions under whic…
Finding a Mate With Eusocial Skills
Chris Marriott, Jobran Chebib
Sexual reproductive behavior has a necessary social coordination component as willing and capable partners must both be in the right place at the right time. It has recently been d…
Modeling the Evolution of Gene-Culture Divergence
Chris Marriott, Jobran Chebib
We present a model for evolving agents using both genetic and cultural inheritance mechanisms. Within each agent our model maintains two distinct information stores we call the gen…
Emergence-focused design in complex system simulation
Chris Marriott, Jobran Chebib
Emergence is a phenomenon taken for granted in science but also still not well understood. We have developed a model of artificial genetic evolution intended to allow for emergence…
Finding a Mate With No Social Skills
Chris Marriott, Jobran Chebib
Sexual reproductive behavior has a necessary social coordination component as willing and capable partners must both be in the right place at the right time. While there are many k…