1998/09/01 by Serge Galam, S. Galam, B. Chopard +5 · 69 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · Social Sciences · #Cellular Automata and Applications #Cellular automaton #Competition (biology) #Degree (music) #Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation #Government (linguistics) #Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence #Qualitative research #Simple (philosophy) #Spectrum (functional analysis) #Variety (cybernetics) #adap-org #comp-gas #cond-mat.dis-nn #cond-mat.stat-mech #nlin.AO #nlin.CG #q-bio
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s100510050410
published in The European Physical Journal B 4(4), 529-531 (Springer Science+Business Media) · 7 pages, latex, 2 figures included
openalex publication_date 1998/09/01 · arxiv created 1998/12/22 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · arxiv updated 2016/08/31 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
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.