Layered social influence promotes multiculturality in the Axelrod model

Abstract Despite the presence of increasing pressure towards globalisation, the coexistence of different cultures is a distinctive feature of human societies. However, how multiculturality can emerge in a population of individuals inclined to imitation, and how it remains stable under cultural drift...

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Main Authors: Federico Battiston, Vincenzo Nicosia, Vito Latora, Maxi San Miguel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02040-4