Individual-Based Models of Cultural Evolution: A Step-by-Step Guide Using R

ISBN-13: 9781032252070 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 214 str.

Alberto Acerbi; Alex Mesoudi; Marco Smolla

Opis

Individual-Based Models of Cultural Evolution shows readers how to create individual-based models of cultural evolution using the programming language R. The field of cultural evolution has emerged in the last few decades as a interdisciplinary effort to understand cultural change and cultural diversity within an evolutionary framework.

Spis treści

Introduction  Section I. Basics  1. Unbiased Transmission  2. Unbiased and Biased Mutation  3. Biased Transmission: Direct Bias  4. Biased Transmission: Frequency-dependent Indirect Bias  5. Biased Transmission: Demonstrator-based Indirect Bias  6. Vertical and Horizontal Transmission  7. Multiple Traits Models;  Section II. Advanced Topics: The Evolution of Cultural Evolution  8. Rogers’ Paradox  9. Rogers’ Paradox: A Solution;  Section III. Advanced Topics: Cultural Inheritance  10. Reproduction and Transformation  11. Social learning of Social Learning Rules  12. Traits Inter-dependence;  Section IV. Advanced Topics: Culture and Populations  13. Demography  14. Social Network Structure  15. Group Structured Populations and Migration  References  Index