Innovation and cumulative culture through tweaks and leaps in online programming contests

oleh: Elena Miu, Ned Gulley, Kevin N. Laland, Luke Rendell

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2018-06-01

Deskripsi

The cumulative development of culture has proven difficult to study in the laboratory. Here, the authors examine entries to a series of large programming contests to show that successful entries are usually ‘tweaks’ of existing solutions, but occasional ‘leaps’ can bring larger benefits.