title: Anthropocybernetic modeling--from population demography to the concept of values.
abstract: The "Values" model was conceived to integrate complex systems variables including genetic, memetic and demographic variables. Their respective integration in the "Values" model algorithm should enable us to better predict and estimate possible developments within complex anthropological systems such as human communities. The aim of this investigation was to test the ability of the "Values" model to approximately simulate the development and interaction of population size, kinship coefficient, environment and values within an imaginary population. The purpose of our research is to establish a basic model that could be used to simulate the behavior of complex anthropological systems, compare such simulations to available historical data for validation, predict demographic, socio-cultural, psychological and biological developments and finally set guidelines or suggestions for sustainable development of investigated communities.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ivković
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jovanović
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D000883:Anthropology; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012924:Social Conditions