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CORR
2008
Springer
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13 years 4 months ago
Modeling Cultural Dynamics
EVOC (for EVOlution of Culture) is a computer model of culture that enables us to investigate how various factors such as barriers to cultural diffusion, the presence and choice o...
Liane Gabora
HICSS
2003
IEEE
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13 years 10 months ago
On the Limits of Bottom-Up Computer Simulation: Towards a Nonlinear Modeling Culture
1 In the complexity and simulation communities there is growing support for the use of bottom-up computer-based simulation in the analysis of complex systems. The presumption is th...
Kurt A. Richardson
ECAL
2001
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
The Survival of the Smallest: Stability Conditions for the Cultural Evolution of Compositional Language
Abstract. Recent work in the field of computational evolutionary linguistics suggests that the dynamics arising from the cultural evolution of language can explain the emergence o...
Henry Brighton, Simon Kirby
HCI
2009
13 years 2 months ago
The Art of Cross-Cultural Design for Usability
More and more HCI researchers and practitioners have realized the urgency of addressing culture as being more than just an interface tuning parameter. Recent publications, project ...
Heike Winschiers-Theophilus
HCI
2009
13 years 2 months ago
Adaptive Learning via Social Cognitive Theory and Digital Cultural Ecosystems
This paper will look at the human predisposition to oral tradition and its effectiveness as a learning tool to convey mission-critical information. After exploring the effectivenes...
Joseph Juhnke, Adam R. Kallish