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Cluster formation by allelomimesis in real-world complex adaptive systems.

Dranreb Earl Juanico1, Christopher Monterola, Caesar Saloma

  • 1National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines 1101.

Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
|May 21, 2005
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Complex adaptive systems, like animal and human clusters, organize into sizes following a specific distribution. Allelomimesis, or imitation, explains the wide range of cluster sizes observed in nature.

Area of Science:

  • Complex systems
  • Behavioral ecology
  • Statistical physics

Background:

  • Animal and human clusters are complex adaptive systems.
  • Cluster sizes often follow a power-law distribution, D(s) ∝ s⁻ᵅ.
  • The exponent τ quantifies the relative abundance of different cluster sizes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the underlying mechanism driving the broad spectrum of observed τ values in natural clusters.
  • To propose and analyze 'allelomimesis' as a unifying principle for cluster formation.
  • To categorize different types of allelomimetic cluster formation.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of frequency distribution of cluster sizes (D(s) ∝ s⁻ᵅ).
  • Mathematical modeling of cluster formation based on varying degrees of allelomimetic tendencies.

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  • Categorization of allelomimetic processes into blind copying, information-use copying, and noncopying.

    • Main Results:

    • Real-world clusters exhibit a wide range of τ values (0.7 to 4.61).
    • Allelomimesis, the tendency to imitate others, explains the observed broad τ spectrum.
    • Unequal allelomimetic tendencies between agents lead to different τ values.
    • Three types of allelomimetic cluster formation identified: blind copying, information-use copying, and noncopying.
    • The most stable cluster size emerges from three strongly allelomimetic individuals.

    Conclusions:

    • Allelomimesis provides a unified mechanism for understanding diverse cluster sizes in adaptive systems.
    • The degree of imitation among individuals is a key determinant of cluster size distribution.
    • Findings are supported by field data from species like killer whales and marmots.