Software evolutionary dynamics modelled as the activity of an actor-network

An effi cient and effective information technology transfer from developed countries to Malaysia is an important issue as a prerequisite to support the ICT needs of the country to become not only a ICT user but also a ICT producer. One of the factors that infl uences successful information technology transfer is managing the process of how technology transfer occurs in one environment. It involves managing interaction between all parties concerned which requires an organized strategy and action toward accomplishing technology transfer objective in an integrated and effective mode. Using a conceptual framework based on the Actor Network Theory (ANT), this paper will analyse a successful information technology transfer process at a private company which is also a supplier of information technology (IT) products to the local market. This framework will explain how the company has come up with a successful technology transfer in a local environment. Our study shows that the company had given interest to its relationships with all the parties involved in the transfer process. The technology transfer programme and the strategy formulated take into account the characteristics of technology and all those involved.

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The Action of Christian Buildings on their Chinese Environment

Studies in World Christianity ◽

10.3366/swc.2017.0179 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 100-121

Author(s):

Michel Chambon

Keyword(s):

Network Theory ◽

Actor Network Theory ◽

Active Part ◽

Architectural Style ◽

Actor Network

This article explores the ways in which Christians are building churches in contemporary Nanping, China. At first glance, their architectural style appears simply neo-Gothic, but these buildings indeed enact a rich web of significances that acts upon local Christians and beyond. Building on Actor-Network Theory and exploring the multiple ties in which they are embedded, I argue that these buildings are agents acting in their own right, which take an active part in the process of making the presence of the Christian God tangible.

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The role of pathogen genomics in assessing tick-borne pathogen evolutionary dynamics

10.1603/ice.2016.105334 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Giovanna Carpi

Keyword(s):

Evolutionary Dynamics

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Evolutionary dynamics modeling of symbolic social network structure equilibrium

China Communications ◽

10.23919/jcc.2020.10.017 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (10) ◽

pp. 229-240

Author(s):

Weijin Jiang ◽

Sijian Lv ◽

Yirong Jiang ◽

Jiahui Chen ◽

Fang Ye ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Network ◽

Network Structure ◽

Evolutionary Dynamics ◽

Dynamics Modeling ◽

Social Network Structure

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The Evolutionary Dynamics of Decision Rule Selection

10.23943/princeton/9780691139036.003.0008 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Michael Laver ◽

Ernest Sergenti

Keyword(s):

Decision Rule ◽

Positive Feedback ◽

Party System ◽

Evolutionary Dynamics ◽

Decision Rules ◽

Past Performance ◽

Party Leaders ◽

Track Record ◽

Long Run ◽

Survival Of The Fittest

This chapter extends the survival-of-the-fittest evolutionary environment to consider the possibility that new political parties, when they first come into existence, do not pick decision rules at random but instead choose rules that have a track record of past success. This is done by adding replicator-mutator dynamics to the model, according to which the probability that each rule is selected by a new party is an evolving but noisy function of that rule's past performance. Estimating characteristic outputs when this type of positive feedback enters the dynamic model creates new methodological challenges. The simulation results show that it is very rare for one decision rule to drive out all others over the long run. While the diversity of decision rules used by party leaders is drastically reduced with such positive feedback in the party system, and while some particular decision rule is typically prominent over a certain period of time, party systems in which party leaders use different decision rules are sustained over substantial periods.

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