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Mathematical Modeling of Biological and Social Evolutionary Macrotrends
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Abstract In the first part of this article we survey general similarities and differences between biological and social macroevolution. In the second (and main) part, we consider a concrete mathematical model capable of describing important features of both biological and social macroevolution. In mathematic... mehr
In the first part of this article we survey general similarities and differences between biological and social macroevolution. In the second (and main) part, we consider a concrete mathematical model capable of describing important features of both biological and social macroevolution. In mathematical models of historical macrodynamics, a hyperbolic pattern of world population growth arises from non-linear, second-order positive feedback between demographic growth and technological development. Based on diverse paleontological data and an analogy with macrosociological models, we suggest that the hyperbolic character of biodiversity growth can be similarly accounted for by non-linear,
second-order positive feedback between diversity growth and the complexity of community structure. We discuss how such positive feedback mechanisms can be modelled mathematically.... weniger
Klassifikation
Allgemeine Soziologie, Makrosoziologie, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Soziologie
Erhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaften
Freie Schlagwörter
social evolution; biological evolution; mathematical model; biodiversity; population growth; positive feedback; hyperbolic growth
Titel Sammelwerk, Herausgeber- oder Konferenzband
History & Mathematics: Trends and Cycles; Yearbook
Herausgeber
Grinin, Leonid; Korotayev, Andrey
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2014
Verlag
Uchitel Publishing House
Erscheinungsort
Volgograd
Seitenangabe
S. 9-48
ISBN
978-5-7057-4223-3
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)