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Cioffi-Revilla, Claudio. "A Canonical Theory of Origins and Development of Sociopolitical Complexity in World Historical Systems" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawaii, Mar 05, 2005 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p70664_index.html>

Cioffi-Revilla, C. , 2005-03-05 "A Canonical Theory of Origins and Development of Sociopolitical Complexity in World Historical Systems" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawaii Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p70664_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: The puzzle of origins of government and social complexity in the dynamics of world politics has been an enduring topic that has challenged political scientists, anthropological archaeologists, and other social scientists and historians. This paper presents a new computational theory for the emergence of social complexity that accounts for the earliest formation of systems of government (pristine polities) in prehistory and early antiquity. The theory is based on a fast process of stressful crises and opportunistic decision-making through collective action. This core iterative process is canonicalin the sense of undergoing variations on a main recurring theme of problem-solving, adaptation and occasional failure. When a group is successful in managing or overcoming serious situational changes (endogenous or exogenous to the group, social or physical) a probabilistic phase transition may occur, under a well-specified set of conditions, yielding a long-term (slow) process of emergent political complexity and development. A reverse process may account for decay. Formally, the canonical theory is being implemented through the PoliGen agent-based model (ABM), based on the new Multi-Agent Simulator of Networks and Neighborhoods (MASON). MASON is a Java-based simulation environment (akin to Swarm or RePast) developed by George Mason University's Evolutionary Computation Lab in collaboration with the Center for Social Complexity (CSC). Empirically, the theory is testable with the datasets on polities developed by the Long-Range Analysis of War (LORANOW) Project. This paper focuses on the theoretical concepts, causal mechanisms, and basic formal structure underlying the simulation model.

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