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Persistence of discrimination: revisiting Axtell, Epstein and Young
Gérard Weisbuch
We reformulate an earlier model of the "Emergence of classes..." proposed by Axtell etal. using more elaborate cognitive processes allowing a statistical physics approach. The thor…
From anti-conformism to extremism
Gérard Weisbuch
We here present a model of the dynamics of extremism based on opinion dynamics in order to understand the circumstances which favour its emergence and development in large fraction…
Emergence of firms in -dimensional work space
G. Weisbuch, D. Stauffer, D. Mangalagiu +2
Standard micro-economics concentrate on the description of markets but is seldom interested in production. Several economists discussed the concept of a firm, as opposed to an open…
Heterogeneity and Increasing Returns May Drive Socio-Economic Transitions
Gérard Weisbuch, Vincent Buskens, Luat Vuong
There are clear benefits associated with a particular consumer choice for many current markets. For example, as we consider here, some products might carry environmental or `green'…
Hiking the hypercube: producers and consumers
Tanya Araújo, Gérard Weisbuch
We study the dynamics of co-evolution of producers and customers described by bit-strings representing individual traits. Individual ''size-like'' properties are controlled by bina…
"Antiferromagnetism" in social relations and Bonabeau model
Gerard Weisbuch, Dietrich Stauffer
We here present a fixed agents version of an original model of the emergence of hierarchies among social agents first introduced by Bonabeau \textit{et al}. Having interactions occ…