Network effects on allocating continually depleted resources
Abstract
When resources are necessary to the survival of individuals but are continually depleted, should the resource be distributed based on fitness or need? Further, what is the effect of a bias towards distributing to neighbors? In this paper, we examine the redistribution of continually depleted resources in two types of networks: a completely connected network, and a Barabasi-Albert network. We find that the answer depends also on the imminence of shortage and the availability of information in the network.
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Celebrating new ideas in physics
24-26 October 2011, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City