TY - JOUR
T1 - Transmission of cultural traits in layered ego-centric networks
AU - Palchykov, V.
AU - Kaski, K.
AU - Kertész, J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© V. Palchykov, K. Kaski, J. Kertész, 2014.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Although a number of models have been developed to investigate the emergence of culture and evolutionary phases in social systems, one important aspect has not yet been sufficiently emphasized. This is the structure of the underlaying network of social relations serving as channels in transmitting cultural traits, which is expected to play a crucial role in the evolutionary processes in social systems. In this paper we contribute to the understanding of the role of the network structure by developing a layered ego-centric network structure based model, inspired by the social brain hypothesis, to study transmission of cultural traits and their evolution in social network. For this model we first find analytical results in the spirit of mean-field approximation and then to validate the results we compare them with the results of extensive numerical simulations.
AB - Although a number of models have been developed to investigate the emergence of culture and evolutionary phases in social systems, one important aspect has not yet been sufficiently emphasized. This is the structure of the underlaying network of social relations serving as channels in transmitting cultural traits, which is expected to play a crucial role in the evolutionary processes in social systems. In this paper we contribute to the understanding of the role of the network structure by developing a layered ego-centric network structure based model, inspired by the social brain hypothesis, to study transmission of cultural traits and their evolution in social network. For this model we first find analytical results in the spirit of mean-field approximation and then to validate the results we compare them with the results of extensive numerical simulations.
KW - Ego-centric network
KW - Evolution of culture
KW - Mean-field approximation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84907425856&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5488/CMP.17.33802
DO - 10.5488/CMP.17.33802
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84907425856
SN - 1607-324X
VL - 17
JO - Condensed Matter Physics
JF - Condensed Matter Physics
IS - 3
M1 - 33802
ER -