Statistical physics has proven to be a fruitful framework to describe phenomena outside the
realm of traditional physics. Recent years have witnessed an attempt by physicists to study …

Research into the emergence and evolution of human language has received
unprecedented attention during the past 15 years. Efforts to better understand the processes …

This book discusses the study and analysis of the physical aspects of social systems and
models, inspired by the analogy with familiar models of physical systems and possible …

We consider an extension of the voter model in which a set of interacting elements (agents)
can be in either of two equivalent states (A or B) or in a third additional mixed (AB) state. The …

The mathematical model for language competition developed by Abrams and Strogatz
allows the evolution of the numbers of monolingual speakers of two competing languages to …

'Language shift'is the process whereby members of a community in which more than one
language is spoken abandon their original vernacular language in favour of another. The …

The book requires only rudimentary physics knowledge but ability to program computers
creatively and to keep the mind open to simple and not so simple models, based in …

We investigate the emergence of localized coherent behavior in systems consisting of two
populations of social agents possessing a condition for non-interacting states, mutually …

An introduction to the fundamental concepts of the emerging field of Artificial Chemistries,
covering both theory and practical applications. The field of Artificial Life (ALife) is now firmly …

In multilingual societies, it is common to encounter different language varieties. Various
approaches have been proposed to discuss different mechanisms of language shift …