Very interesting article: http://www.physorg.c...lity-years.html
Preprint: http://arxiv.org/abs/1105.2071
I still need to study it in more detail to get a more complete picture of the implications.
A classic model for ecological stability revised, 40 years later
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, Feb 20 2012 04:30 AM
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#3 Guest_mywan_*
Posted 22 February 2012 - 04:39 AM
I agree in general. There are loads of implicit assumptions in such a simplistic model that I am almost certain are not entirely valid. However, as someone who knows a little about network science it is quiet clear certain mathematical relationships hold irrespective of context. Some even describe similarities between cities, economies of scale, and ecology. The one thing you can't do is take these mathematical models as in any way indicative of a complete description. Even if valid it's no more than a piece of the puzzle, not the puzzle itself.
I still find it interesting, as it gives me some ideas on what might be missing from these relationships.
I still find it interesting, as it gives me some ideas on what might be missing from these relationships.
#7 Guest_mywan_*
Posted 23 February 2012 - 01:34 AM
I would say yes there is a central hypothesis. Though it only specifies a class, rather than a complete description. It almost seems to me you are expecting such a hypothesis to fill in every detail of the observed picture. This in general is a lot like expecting a dice hypothesis to predict every dice roll.
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