Niche width theory reappraised

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ID10142174
AutoresJ Bruggeman (0000-0002-0422-1842, University of Amsterdam, autor de correspondencia)
Año1997
Volumen22
Número2
Páginas201-220
Fecha de publicación1997-11-01
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Mathematical Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-250X • E-ISSN: 1545-5874
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0022250x.1997.9990201
OpenAlexW2083778410
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas20

Niche width theory is a part of organizational ecology, which predicts for given environmental conditions whether specialist or generalist organizations will do better. These predictions are based on a mathematical model, but the model itself does not match the verbal argument, which in turn is ambiguous. In an attempt to improve the theory, I formalize it into logic. As a result, implicit information becomes explicit, explanatory support for the conclusions is added, and the theory becomes more parsimonious. The key advantage of logic is its strict definition of logical inference, which makes possible thorough checks on soundness and on consistency

Argument (complex analysis · Consistency (knowledge bases · Economics · Epistemology · Generalist and specialist species · Inference · Key (lock · Management science · Niche · Rule of inference · Scope (computer science · Soundness · Artificial Intelligence · Business Strategy and Innovation · Complex Systems and Decision Making · Computer Science · Ecology · Mathematics

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