Efficiency of pair formation in a model society
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In a recent paper a set of differential equations was proposed to describe a social process, where pairs of partners emerge in a community. The choice was performed on a basis of attractive resources and of random initial preferences. An efficiency of the process, defined as the probability of finding a partner, was found to depend on the community size. Here we demonstrate, that if the resources are not relevant, the efficiency is equal to unity; everybody finds a partner. With this new formulation, about 80 percent of community members enter to dyads; the remaining 20 percent form triads.
6 pages, 2 figures. Presented at 2nd Polish Symposium on Econo- and Sociophysics, Cracow, 21-22 April 2006. New comment: to be published in Acta Phys. Pol. B
6 pages, 2 figures. Presented at 2nd Polish Symposium on Econo- and Sociophysics, Cracow, 21-22 April 2006. New comment: to be published in Acta Phys. Pol. B