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Agent-based model of competition in a social structure

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  • Erika Fille Legara
  • Anthony Longjas
  • Rene Batac

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Indirect competition emerged from the complex organization of human societies, and knowledge of the existing network topology may aid in developing effective strategies for success. Here, we propose an agent-based model of competition with systems co-existing in a `small-world' social network. We show that within the range of parameter values obtained from the model and empirical data, the network evolution is highly dependent on $k$, the local parameter describing the density of neighbors in the network. The model applied to language death and competition of telecommunication companies show strong correspondence with empirical data.

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  • Erika Fille Legara & Anthony Longjas & Rene Batac, 2008. "Agent-based model of competition in a social structure," Papers 0807.3059, arXiv.org, revised Jun 2011.
    • Handle: RePEc:arx:papers:0807.3059
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