Modeling language evolution

被引：46

作者：

Cucker, F

Smale, S

Zhou, DX

机构：

[1] City Univ Hong Kong, Dept Math, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China

[2] Toyota Technol Inst, Chicago, IL 60637 USA

来源：

FOUNDATIONS OF COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS | 2004年 / 4卷 / 03期

关键词：

language evolution; learning theory;

D O I：

10.1007/s10208-003-0101-2

中图分类号：

TP301 [理论、方法];

学科分类号：

081202 ;

摘要：

We describe a model for the evolution of the languages used by the agents of a society. Our main result proves convergence of these languages to a common one under certain conditions. A few special cases are elaborated in more depth.

引用

页码：315 / 343

页数：29