Elsewhere, one of us recently argued for the need to develop a wide range of modeling approaches in the social sciences (van der Leeuw, 2005), including archaeology and anthropology. This call reflects a growing interest, on the part of archaeologists and anthropologists, in constructing and using dynamic models, and a growing interest on the part of modelers in the domains these social sciences cover (e.g., Gilbert, 1991; van der Leeuw & McGlade, 1997; Ballot & Weisbuch, 2000; Janssen & Jager, 2000; Kohler & Gumerman, 2000; Janssen, 2002; Anderies, 2006; Kohler & van der Leeuw, 2007; etc.). In this paper, we will attempt to model a specific phenomenon that has occurred, and occurs, in all societies: the creation of novelty (combining invention and innovation).
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Ferrari, D., Read, D., van der Leeuw, S. (2009). An Agent-Based Model of Information Flows in Social Dynamics. In: Lane, D., Pumain, D., van der Leeuw, S.E., West, G. (eds) Complexity Perspectives in Innovation and Social Change. Methodos Series, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9663-1_15
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