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math.DS2019
Convergence of knowledge in a cultural evolution model with population structure, random social learning and credibility biases
Sylvain Billiard, Maxime Derex, Ludovic Maisonneuve +1
Understanding how knowledge is created and propagates within groups is crucial to explain how human populations have evolved through time. Anthropologists have relied on different…
q-bio.PE2019
Inference with selection, varying population size and evolving population structure: Application of ABC to a forward-backward coalescent process with interactions
Clotilde Lepers, Sylvain Billiard, Matthieu Porte +2
Genetic data are often used to infer demographic history and changes or detect genes under selection. Inferential methods are commonly based on models making various strong assumpt…