Competing Species Dynamics: Qualitative Advantage versus Geography
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
2016-08-31 v1 adap-org
comp-gas
Statistical Mechanics
Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases
q-bio
Abstract
A simple cellular automata model for a two-group war over the same territory is presented. It is shown that a qualitative advantage is not enough for a minority to win. A spatial organization as well a definite degree of aggressiveness are instrumental to overcome a less fitted majority. The model applies to a large spectrum of competing groups: smoker-non smoker war, epidemic spreading, opinion formation, competition for industrial standards and species evolution. In the last case, it provides a new explanation for punctuated equilibria.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9812361,
title = {Competing Species Dynamics: Qualitative Advantage versus Geography},
author = {Serge Galam and Bastien Chopard and Alexander Masselot and Michel Droz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9812361},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
7 pages, latex, 2 figures included