Mengel, Friederike (2012) 'On the evolution of coarse categories.' Journal of Theoretical Biology, 307. pp. 117-124. ISSN 0022-5193

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Abstract

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
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Categorization; Evolution
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory Q Science > Q Science (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics, Department of
SWORD Depositor:	Elements
Depositing User:	Elements
Date Deposited:	28 Jan 2015 13:05
Last Modified:	18 Aug 2022 12:36
URI:	http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/12375

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