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Phase transition in hierarchy model of Bonabeau et al

Statistical Mechanics 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

The model of Bonabeau explains the emergence of social hierarchies from the memory of fights in an initially egalitarian society. Introducing a feedback from the social inequality into the probability to win a fight, we find a sharp transition between egalitarian society at low population density and hierarchical society at high population density.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0208388,
  title  = {Phase transition in hierarchy model of Bonabeau et al},
  author = {Dietrich Stauffer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0208388},
  year   = {2009}
}

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3 pages including two figs.; for Int. J. Mod. Phys. C