Mitleton-Kelly, Eve and Davy, Laura K. (2013) The concept of 'co-evolution' and its application in the social sciences: a review of the literature. In: Mitleton-Kelly, Evangelia, (ed.) Co-Evolution of Intelligent Socio-Technical Systems: Modelling and Applications in Large Scale Emergency and Transport Domains. Understanding complex systems. Springer, Berlin, pp. 43-57. ISBN 9783642366130
Abstract
The Oxford Dictionary online defines co-evolution as a term originating in biology, meaning “the influence of closely associated species on each other in their evolution”. Ehrlich and Raven [10] first used the term co-evolution in reference to biological evolution when looking at the relationship between the patterns of evolution of plants and butterflies, stating that it describes the simultaneous, reciprocal evolution of interacting populations. Reciprocity is an element of co-evolutionary relationships stressed by all definitions in the literature. In biology, co-evolution refers to the change of a biological entity triggered by the change of a related entity [42]. Each entity exerts certain pressures and influences over the other, affecting the evolutionary trajectory of each.
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| Library of Congress subject classification: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HM Sociology T Technology > T Technology (General) |
| Sets: | Departments > Social Psychology Research centres and groups > Complexity Research Programme Departments > Psychological and Behavioural Science |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Aug 2013 08:03 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/51378/ |
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