TY - JOUR
T1 - Evolutionary modeling of time-use vectors
AU - Fischer, Ilan
AU - Sullivan, Oriel
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by The Israel Science Foundation founded by The Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Our thanks are also due to Mr. Avi Grushka for his contribution to the design and development of the project and to the anonymous reviewers of the manuscript who provided many thoughtful and constructive comments.
PY - 2007/1/1
Y1 - 2007/1/1
N2 - Based on a genetic algorithm a computer simulation was constructed to generate the process of development of time-use among large population samples across long time-spans. The simulation uses empirical time-use data to reconstruct empirically observed behaviors, and tests the impact of parameters representing economic constraints and behavioral preferences. Seeding the simulation with random data and probabilistic combination rules, we produced an archetypal society with the same essential characteristics as the empirical data. The addition of empirically derived and theoretical evolutionary selection pressures alters the development of patterns of time-use, revealing the interplay between inhibiting constraints and motivation to adopt new behaviors.
AB - Based on a genetic algorithm a computer simulation was constructed to generate the process of development of time-use among large population samples across long time-spans. The simulation uses empirical time-use data to reconstruct empirically observed behaviors, and tests the impact of parameters representing economic constraints and behavioral preferences. Seeding the simulation with random data and probabilistic combination rules, we produced an archetypal society with the same essential characteristics as the empirical data. The addition of empirically derived and theoretical evolutionary selection pressures alters the development of patterns of time-use, revealing the interplay between inhibiting constraints and motivation to adopt new behaviors.
KW - Computer simulations
KW - Evolutionary modeling
KW - Genetic algorithm
KW - Matching law
KW - Time-use
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jebo.2005.01.005
DO - 10.1016/j.jebo.2005.01.005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33845596037
VL - 62
SP - 120
EP - 143
JO - Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
JF - Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
SN - 0167-2681
IS - 1
ER -