Emergent dynamic behaviors in complex social and ecological systems
A co-evolutionary game-theoretic approach
PhD ceremony: | Mr L. (Luke) Gong |
When: | April 19, 2022 |
Start: | 12:45 |
Supervisors: | M. (Ming) Cao, Prof, B. (Bayu) Jayawardhana, Prof |
Where: | Academy building RUG |
Faculty: | Science and Engineering |
This thesis focuses on the study of dynamic behaviors of some classes of complex systems in sociology and ecology. In particular, we propose a co-evolutionary game-theoretic approach to model selected social and ecological systems that involves complex interactions among the constituents. In the co-evolutionary framework, it is considered that not only the strategies of the population are evolving, but also the games and associated ecological or sociological properties are changing, which usually forms a bi-directional feedback therein. This thesis is divided into two parts, where Part I concerns with the application of the co-evolutionary framework to ecological systems, and Part II is devoted to a co-evolutionary model in sociology.