Self-organizing social hierarchies in a timid society

Takashi Odagaki and Masaru Tsujiguchi

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2006, vol. 367, issue C, 435-440

Abstract: Emergence of hierarchies is investigated by Monte Carlo simulation in a timid society where all individuals are pacifist. The self-organization of hierarchies is shown to occur in two steps as the population is increased, i.e. there are three states, one egalitarian and two hierarchical states; the transition from the egalitarian to the first hierarchical state is continuous and the transition from the first hierarchical state to the second one is discontinuous. In the first hierarchical society, all individuals belong to either middle class or losers and no winners appear. In the second hierarchical society, many winners emerge and the population of the middle class is reduced. The hierarchy in the second hierarchical society is stronger than the hierarchy in a no-preference society studied by Bonabeau et al. [Physica A 217 (1995) 373].

Keywords: Self-organization; Hierarchy; Phase transition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2005.11.023

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