Dynamics of social group competition: modeling the decline of religious affiliation

When social groups compete for members, the resulting dynamics may be understandable with mathematical models. We demonstrate that a simple ordinary differential equation (ODE) model is a good fit for religious shift by comparing it to a new international data set tracking religious nonaffiliation....

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Veröffentlicht in:	Physical review letters 2011-08, Vol.107 (8), p.088701-088701, Article 088701
Hauptverfasser:	Abrams, Daniel M, Yaple, Haley A, Wiener, Richard J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Competitive Behavior Humans Models, Statistical Models, Theoretical Religion Social Identification
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