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

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.

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Autores principales: Elena Miu, Ned Gulley, Kevin N. Laland, Luke Rendell
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2018
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b85fc4eef5174357b178101c38f4391f2021-12-02T16:49:55ZInnovation and cumulative culture through tweaks and leaps in online programming contests10.1038/s41467-018-04494-02041-1723https://doaj.org/article/b85fc4eef5174357b178101c38f4391f2018-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04494-0https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723The 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.Elena MiuNed GulleyKevin N. LalandLuke RendellNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2018)
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Innovation and cumulative culture through tweaks and leaps in online programming contests
description 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.
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title Innovation and cumulative culture through tweaks and leaps in online programming contests
title_short Innovation and cumulative culture through tweaks and leaps in online programming contests
title_full Innovation and cumulative culture through tweaks and leaps in online programming contests
title_fullStr Innovation and cumulative culture through tweaks and leaps in online programming contests
title_full_unstemmed Innovation and cumulative culture through tweaks and leaps in online programming contests
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