Quantifying uncertainty due to fission–fusion dynamics as a component of social complexity

Quantifying Model Output Uncertainty Due to Spatial Variability of Rainfall'

Traditionally in the application of hydrologic/water quality (H/WQ) models, rainfall is assumed to be spatially homogeneous and is considered not to contribute to output uncertainty. The objective of this study was to assess the uncertainty induced in model outputs solely due to rainfall spatial variability. The study was conducted using the AGNPS model and the rainfall pattern captured by a ne...

Collective decisionmaking and fissionfusion dynamics: a conceptual framework

C. Sueur ([email protected]), Primate Research Inst., Kyoto Univ., Inuyama, JP-484-8506 Aichi, Japan, and: Unit of Social Ecology, CP231, Free Univ. of Brussels, Campus Plaine, Bd du triomphe, BE-1050 Brussels, Belgium. – A. J. King, Structure and Motion Laboratory, Royal Veterinary College, Univ. of London, Hertfordshire, AL9 7TA, UK. – L. Conradt, John Maynard Smith Building, Dep...

Dynamics of Status Symbols & Social Complexity

In this paper, a symbolic version of the Simmel effect has been explored via computer simulation. By Simmel effect, we mean the dynamics of status symbols in hiearchically ordered societies. This phenomemon was highligthed by the sociologist Georg Simmel (1895), when he attempted to explain the rapid diffusion and decline of fashion. Simmel, hypothesised that the instability of fashion results ...

Dynamics of Status Symbols and Social Complexity

Quantifying Errors due to Frequency Changes and Target Location Uncertainty for Radar Refractivity Retrievals

Radar refractivity retrievals can capture near-surface humidity changes, but noisy phase changes of the ground clutter returns limit the accuracy for both klystronand magnetron-based systems. Observations with a C-band (5.6 cm)magnetronweather radar indicate that the correction for phase changes introduced by local oscillator frequency changes leads to refractivity errors no larger than 0.25 N ...