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SUMMARY:The Collapse of Complex Societies - Dr Sabin Roman
DTSTART:20201020T121500Z
DTEND:20201020T130000Z
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CONTACT:Prof. Nebojša Radić
DESCRIPTION:Why do societies collapse? Some famous examples include: Easte
 r Island\, the Maya\, the Roman Empire and Chinese dynasties. I have devel
 oped mathematical models for these cases and will present what these model
 s teach us. I will also provide a general perspective of the methodology I
  employed in modelling past cases of collapse. The modelling does not focu
 s on the collapse in particular\, but rather on the long-term development 
 of a society from its beginning to end. To build an accurate model we need
  to identify the relevant feedback mechanisms that operate over those time
  scales. In the case of societies\, the long-term feedback loops involve i
 ts complexity and resource usage. What is complexity? That's a key topic t
 hat will be addressed in the talk.
LOCATION:Online (ask organizers for link)
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