%0 Journal Article %1 Bornholdt2011 %A Bornholdt, S. %A Jensen, M. H. %A Sneppen, K. %D 2011 %I American Physical Society %J Phys. Rev. Lett. %K consensus-formation lattice-models opinion-formation oscillations sznajd-model voter-model %N 5 %P 058701 %R 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.058701 %T Emergence and Decline of Scientific Paradigms %V 106 %X Scientific paradigms have a tendency to rise fast and decline slowly. This asymmetry reflects the difficulty in developing a truly original idea, compared to the ease at which a concept can be eroded by numerous modifications. Here we formulate a model for the emergence and spread of ideas which deals with this asymmetry by constraining the ability of agents to return to already abandoned concepts. The model exhibits a fairly regular pattern of global paradigm shifts, where older paradigms are eroded and subsequently replaced by new ones. The model sets the theme for a new class of pattern formation models, where local dynamics breaks the detailed balance in a way that prevents old states from defending themselves against new nucleating or invading states. The model allows for frozen events in terms of the coexistence of multiple metastable states.

@article{Bornholdt2011, abstract = {Scientific paradigms have a tendency to rise fast and decline slowly. This asymmetry reflects the difficulty in developing a truly original idea, compared to the ease at which a concept can be eroded by numerous modifications. Here we formulate a model for the emergence and spread of ideas which deals with this asymmetry by constraining the ability of agents to return to already abandoned concepts. The model exhibits a fairly regular pattern of global paradigm shifts, where older paradigms are eroded and subsequently replaced by new ones. The model sets the theme for a new class of pattern formation models, where local dynamics breaks the detailed balance in a way that prevents old states from defending themselves against new nucleating or invading states. The model allows for frozen events in terms of the coexistence of multiple metastable states.}, added-at = {2011-02-04T11:48:58.000+0100}, author = {Bornholdt, S. and Jensen, M. H. and Sneppen, K.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2b5e57ff768b1b6a07ee0d086791b064a/rincedd}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.058701}, file = {Bornholdt2011 - Emergence and Decline of Scientific Paradigms.pdf:Contact Processes/Bornholdt2011 - Emergence and Decline of Scientific Paradigms.pdf:PDF}, groups = {public}, interhash = {00364bdffc1058e82a6618ea1931139d}, intrahash = {2e61d23d291723032dd3e293548d5968}, journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.}, keywords = {consensus-formation lattice-models opinion-formation oscillations sznajd-model voter-model}, number = 5, pages = 058701, publisher = {American Physical Society}, timestamp = {2011-03-30T16:38:25.000+0200}, title = {Emergence and Decline of Scientific Paradigms}, username = {rincedd}, volume = 106, year = 2011 }