stimulus, expectations, desires and response strategiesthe building blocks of nonlinear interaction dynamics刺激、期望、愿望和strategiesthe构件非线性相互作用的动力学响应.pdf

Taylor Francis Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, 2002 VOL. 7 (3), pp. 133-149 Taylor . Francis Group Stimulus, Expectations, Desires and Response Strategies: The Building Blocks of Nonlinear Interaction Dynamics DIMITRIOS S. DENDRINOS* School ofArchitecture and Urban Design, The University ofKansas, Lawrence, KS, 66045-2250, USA (Received 13 March 2001) Stimulus and response functions, as the fundamental blocks of nonlinear interaction dynamics, are analyzed and modeled here, under a variety of interaction strategies. The backbone of the suggested model is a simple iterative dynamical formulation: the magnitude of a signal sent at present is a function of a relevant signal sent--as well as of a signal received--in the past; in turn, a signal received at present is a function of a signal received--as well as of a signal sent--in the past; namely, Ss(n + 1) f Ss(n)Sr(n) and Sr(n -+- 1) f Sr(n)Ss(n) where Ss/r is the size of a signal sent/received, and n is a point in time. Expectations and desires by senders and receivers of signals are introduced in the analysis. As a result, a basic classification of individuals emerges, that of dreamers and cynics. Three fundamental response strategies are identified, all plays on a theoretically Newtonian action-reaction system. A pair of individual, as well as community, interaction end-states are the focus of the analysis her