TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Global pattern formation and ethnic/cultural violence
JO  - Science
A1  - Lim, May
A1  - Metzler, Richard
A1  - Bar-Yam, Yaneer
SP  - 1540
EP  - 1544
VL  - 317
IS  - 5844
N2  - We identify a process of global pattern formation that causes regions to differentiate by culture. Violence arises at boundaries between regions that are not sufficiently well defined. We model cultural differentiation as a separation of groups whose members prefer similar neighbors, with a characteristic group size at which violence occurs. Application of this model to the area of the former Yugoslavia and to India accurately predicts the locations of reported conflict. This model also points to imposed mixing or boundary clarification as mechanisms for promoting peace.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0036-8075
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1142734
ID  - ref1
ER  -