Models of Social Dynamics
Unit 5: Coordination and Norms
Understanding one another's intentions, norms, and goals is critical for effective cooperation. In this unit we'll explore how coordinating norms emerge in a population, and the challenges faced in spreading group-beneficial norms when they are initially rare.
Resources
Slides: (pdf)
Script: (pdf)
Code:
coordination_simple.nlogo
coordination_asymmetric.nlogo
coordination_2groups.nlogo
Readings: (pdf)
Exercises: (pdf)
This project was supported by Grant #61105 from the John Templeton Foundation to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (PIs: S. Gavrilets and P. J. Richerson) with assistance from the Center for the Dynamics of Social Complexity and the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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