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A Replication of Rolf Zieglers Kula Ring Simulation (1.0.0)

This model is a simulation of the ceremonial exchange network in Papua New Guinea called the Kula Ring. In the Kula Ring, there are two types of gifts that travel in opposite directions: armshells counterclockwise and necklaces clockwise. This model is a replication of some aspects of a model created by Rolf Ziegler. The purpose of Ziegler’s model was to account for the emergence and stability of this exchange network.

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A Replication of Rolf Zieglers Kula Ring Simulation 1.0.0

Submitted by Rhian Stotts Published Dec 16, 2008 Last modified Feb 23, 2018
anthropology exchangenetworks

This model is a simulation of the ceremonial exchange network in Papua New Guinea called the Kula Ring. In the Kula Ring, there are two types of gifts that travel in opposite directions: armshells counterclockwise and necklaces clockwise. This model is a replication of some aspects of a model created by Rolf Ziegler. The purpose of Ziegler’s model was to account for the emergence and stability of this exchange network.

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Rhian Stotts (2013, April 27). “A Replication of Rolf Zieglers Kula Ring Simulation” (Version 1.0.0). CoMSES Computational Model Library. Retrieved from: https://www.comses.net/codebases/2229/releases/1.0.0/

Replication of a previously described model

Ziegler, Rolf
2008 What makes the Kula go round? A simulation model of the spontaneous emergence of a ceremonial exchange system. Social Networks 30: 107-126.

2007 The Kula Ring of Bronislaw Malinowski: A Simulation Model of the Co-Evolution of an Economic and Ceremonial Exchange System. Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Munich.

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Rhian Stotts
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Model Version
1.0.0
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Publish Date
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Last Updated
Sunday, February 18, 2018
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1.0.0 Rhian Stotts Tue Dec 16 06:51:22 2008 Sun Feb 18 06:11:23 2018 Published

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