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.
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页码：315 / 343
页数：29
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