title: [Directed trees and its application to social sciences].
abstract: Directed trees are special graphs usually employed as illustrative device of numerical methods applied in evolutionary biology. The present note explores its possible application in social sciences. Its utility as classificatory method in a classical anthropological study of cultural exchanges is exemplified.
authors.affiliation: Sección de Ecología de Comunidades y Sistemas, Laboratorio de Socioecología, Instituto de Zoología Tropical, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Apartado 47058, Caracas 1041-A, Venezuela. rdenobre@strix.ciens.ucv.ve
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: de Nóbrega
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D000465:Algorithms; D003469:Culture; D003663:Decision Trees; D006801:Humans; D012942:Social Sciences / Q000379:methods*
vernacular_title: Aroboles dirigidos y su aplicación en ciencias sociales.