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Structural Insulators And Promotors In Networks Under Generic Problem-Solving Dynamics

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  • JOHANNES FALK

    (School of Science, Constructor University, Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen, Germany)

  • EDWIN EICHLER

    (��SMS Group GmbH, 40237 Düsseldorf, Germany‡EICHLER Consulting AG, 6353 Weggis, Switzerland)

  • KATJA WINDT

    (��SMS Group GmbH, 40237 Düsseldorf, Germany§School of Business, Social and Decision Sciences, Constructor University, Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen, Germany)

  • MARC-THORSTEN HÃœTT

    (School of Science, Constructor University, Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen, Germany)

Abstract

The collective coordination of distributed tasks in a complex system can be represented as decision dynamics on a graph. This abstract representation allows studying the performance of local decision heuristics as a function of task complexity and network architecture. Here, we identify hard-to-solve and easy-to-solve networks in a social differentiation task within the basic model of small-world graphs. We show that, depending on the details of the decision heuristic as well as the length of the added links, shortcuts can serve as structural promotors, which speed up convergence toward a solution, but also as structural insulators, which make the network more difficult to solve. Our findings have implications for situations where, in distributed decision systems, regional solutions emerge, which are globally incompatible as, for example, during the emergence of technological standards.

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  • Johannes Falk & Edwin Eichler & Katja Windt & Marc-Thorsten Hãœtt, 2023. "Structural Insulators And Promotors In Networks Under Generic Problem-Solving Dynamics," Advances in Complex Systems (ACS), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 26(07n08), pages 1-15, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:acsxxx:v:26:y:2023:i:07n08:n:s0219525923500121
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219525923500121
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