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  text: 'We introduce a stochastic cellular automaton as a model for culture and border
    formation. The model can be conceptualized as a game where the expansion rate
    of cultures is quantified in terms of their area and perimeter in such a way that
    approximately round cultures get a competitive advantage.  We first analyse the
    model  with periodic boundary conditions, where we study how the model can end
    up in a fixed state, i.e. freezes. Then we implement the model on the European
    geography with mountains and rivers. We see how the model reproduces some qualitative
    features of European culture formation, namely that rivers and mountains are more
    frequently borders between cultures, mountainous regions tend to have higher cultural
    diversity and the central European plain has less clear cultural borders. '
acknowledgement: 'FRK acknowledges support from the Villum Foundation for support
  through the QMATH center of Excellence (Grant No. 10059) and the Villum Young Investigator
  (Grant No. 25452) programs. '
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author:
- first_name: Frederik Ravn
  full_name: Klausen, Frederik Ravn
  last_name: Klausen
- first_name: Asbjørn Bækgaard
  full_name: Lauritsen, Asbjørn Bækgaard
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  last_name: Lauritsen
  orcid: 0000-0003-4476-2288
citation:
  ama: 'Klausen FR, Lauritsen AB. Research data for: A stochastic cellular automaton
    model of culture formation. 2023. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:12869">10.15479/AT:ISTA:12869</a>'
  apa: 'Klausen, F. R., &#38; Lauritsen, A. B. (2023). Research data for: A stochastic
    cellular automaton model of culture formation. Institute of Science and Technology
    Austria. <a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:12869">https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:12869</a>'
  chicago: 'Klausen, Frederik Ravn, and Asbjørn Bækgaard Lauritsen. “Research Data
    for: A Stochastic Cellular Automaton Model of Culture Formation.” Institute of
    Science and Technology Austria, 2023. <a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:12869">https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:12869</a>.'
  ieee: 'F. R. Klausen and A. B. Lauritsen, “Research data for: A stochastic cellular
    automaton model of culture formation.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
    2023.'
  ista: 'Klausen FR, Lauritsen AB. 2023. Research data for: A stochastic cellular
    automaton model of culture formation, Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:12869">10.15479/AT:ISTA:12869</a>.'
  mla: 'Klausen, Frederik Ravn, and Asbjørn Bækgaard Lauritsen. <i>Research Data for:
    A Stochastic Cellular Automaton Model of Culture Formation</i>. Institute of Science
    and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:12869">10.15479/AT:ISTA:12869</a>.'
  short: F.R. Klausen, A.B. Lauritsen, (2023).
corr_author: '1'
date_created: 2023-04-26T12:34:49Z
date_published: 2023-04-26T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2025-09-09T12:26:01Z
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doi: 10.15479/AT:ISTA:12869
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