Description

Extending the basic simulation framework developed in “Dynamic Models of Urban Segregation,” this research seeks to develop an explicitly evolutionary model based on concepts derived from “Darwin’s Dangerous Idea of a City.”  Adapting the style of simulation research from Maynard-Smith to Axelrod, we assign “strategies” to venues.  Strategies are various ways in which a venue may seek to optimize its ability to attract and sustain participants.  As some strategies succeed and fail, cities evolve in more or less stable ways.