Inventing New Signals 1

In Signals: Evolution, Learning, and Information. Oxford, GB: Oxford University Press. pp. 118-135 (2010)
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This chapter presents a simple, tractable model for the invention of new signals. It can be easily studied by simulation, and connections with well-studied processes from population genetics suggest that analytic results are not completely out of reach.

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9780199580828

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10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199580828.003.0011

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edition Alexander, Jason McKenzie; Zabell, Sandy L. (2014) "Inventing New Signals". In Skyrms, Brian, Social Dynamics, pp. 250-273: Oxford University Press (2014)
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