Emergence of Communication in Socio-Biological Networks

by Anamaria Berea

Overview

This book integrates current advances in biology, economics of information and linguistics research through applications using agent-based modeling and social network analysis to develop scenarios of communication and language emergence in the social aspects of biological communications. The book presents a model of communication emergence that can be applied both to human and non-human living organism networks. The model is based on economic concepts and individual behavior fundamental for the study of trust and reputation networks in social science, particularly in economics; it is also based on the theory of the emergence of norms and historical path dependence that has been influential in institutional economics. Also included are mathematical models and code for agent-based models to explore various scenarios of language evolution, as well as a computer application that explores language and communication in biological versus social organisms, and the emergence of various meanings and grammars in human networks.


Emergence of Communication in Socio-Biological Networks offers both a completely novel approach to communication emergence and language evolution and provides a path for the reader to explore various scenarios of language and communication that are not constrained to the human networks alone. By illustrating how computational social science and the complex systems approach can incorporate multiple disciplines and offer an integrated theory-model approach to the evolution of language, the book will be of interest to researchers working with computational linguistics, mathematical linguistics, and complex systems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783319645643
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	12/17/2017
Series:	Computational Social Sciences
Edition description:	1st ed. 2018
Pages:	88
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction.- Complex Systems and Economics of Information.- Heterogeneity in Complex Communication Systems.- A Model of Adaptive and Selective Communication.- Intra versus Interspecies Communication: Boundaries and Advances.- Emergence of Language.- The Future of Communication. Conclusions.