SOCIAL HIERARCHIES WITH AN ATTRACTIVE SITE DISTRIBUTION

G. G. Naumis (), M. Del Castillo-Mussot, L. A. Pérez and G. J. Vázquez
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G. G. Naumis: Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 20-364, 01000, México D. F., Mexico
M. Del Castillo-Mussot: Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 20-364, 01000, México D. F., Mexico
L. A. Pérez: Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 20-364, 01000, México D. F., Mexico
G. J. Vázquez: Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 20-364, 01000, México D. F., Mexico

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 2006, vol. 17, issue 03, 403-408

Abstract: We reinvestigate the model of Bonabeauet al.1of self-organizing social hierarchies by including a distribution of attractive sites. Agents move randomly except in the case where an attractive site is located in its neighborhood. We find that the transition between an egalitarian society at low population density and a hierarchical one at high population density strongly depends on the distribution and percolation of the valuable sites. We also show how agent diffusivity is closely related to social hierarchy.

Keywords: Social and economic systems; hierarchies; randomness; diffusivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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