ture and social structure—going all the way back to the classic statements by Marx and Engels (1939) and Durkheim ([1933] 1997:215, 276)—aim at explaining the connection between these two domains by highlighting the ways in which patterns of social relations affect the composition and structure of cultural systems (Bearman 1993; Douglas 1978; Martin 2002). Some of the more ambitious projects, s...

The problem of target assignment is crucial in the air defense operations, and the optimum target allocation scheme can greatly enhance the performance of the air defense missile weapon system. Based on the general mathematical model of the target assignment problem and the principle of assignment, this paper analyses cultural genetic algorithm (CGA) combined with the reversal operation, and pr...

Reinforcement Learning algorithms such as SARSA with an eligibility trace, and Evolutionary Computation methods such as genetic algorithms, are competing approaches to solving Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes (POMDPs) which occur in many fields of Artificial Intelligence. A powerful form of evolutionary algorithm that has not previously been applied to POMDPs is the cultural algor...

In 1969, Berlin and Kay proposed that there exist crosscultural universals in the form of basic color terms. To test this hypothesis, the World Color Survey (WCS) collected color naming data from 110 non-industrial societies, identifying regularities in the structure of languages with different numbers of terms. This leaves us with the question of where these universals come from. We use a simp...

In image matching research, how to ensure that best match’s accuracy of the premise and a significant reduction in the amount of computing is the focus of concern by researchers. Search strategy to find the best match location of the image matching process to determine the amount of computing of image matching, in the existing image matching method are used to traverse search strategy, it is di...

Now more and more researchers pay attention to discretization of the continuous attributes. A hybrid evolutionary system based on immune algorithm and cultural algorithm is proposed for discretization which combines the strengths of evolutionary computing, social computing in this paper. It uses the cultural algorithm framework in which the immune algorithm embedded. Immune algorithm discretize...

Parent report is commonly used to assess language and attention in children for research and clinical purposes. It is therefore important to understand the convergent validity of parent-report tools in comparison to direct assessments of language and attention. In particular, cultural and linguistic background may influence this convergence. In this study a group of six- to eight-year old child...

In this paper, we construct a simple model that simultaneously produces inter cultural heterogeneity, distinct cultural signatures, and intra cultural heterogeneity. Our model assumes only that people pursue both consistency and conformity. We show that these two incentives produce distinct, diverse cultures but because they partially work at cross purposes they do not lead to fast intra cultur...

The spread of global culture is being facilitated by the proliferation of transnational corporations, the rise of global capitalism, widespread aspiration for material possessions, and the homogenization of global consumption. The extent of convergence of cultural values across nations has been debated by international marketing researchers. However, from a practical standpoint, transnational f...