Mengel, F (2012) 'On the evolution of coarse categories.' Journal of Theoretical Biology, 307. 117 - 124. ISSN 0022-5193
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We compare the evolutionary fitness of different cultures (or populations), where we think of culture as partitioning a set of decision situations into categories of situations treated the same. Information about optimal behavior in each category is passed on via a process of noisy cultural transmission. We show that coarse partitions (distinguishing less situations) can provide higher evolutionary fitness even if there are no explicit costs to holding finer partitions. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory Q Science > Q Science (General) |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics, Department of |
Depositing User: | Friederike Mengel |
Date Deposited: | 28 Jan 2015 13:05 |
Last Modified: | 17 Aug 2017 17:41 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/12375 |
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