Publications on language, learning and historical dynamics

Natalia L Komarova

Fider, N. and Komarova, N.L. (2018) Quantitative study of color category boundaries. To appear in JOSA A.

Fider, N., Narens, L., Jameson, K.A., & Komarova, N.L. (2017) A numerical approach for defining basic color terms and color category best exemplars. JOSA A 34(8): 1285--1300.

Ma, T. and Komarova, N.L. (2017) Mathematical modeling of learning from an inconsistent source: A nonlinear approach. Bull. Math. Bio. 1--27. DOI: 10.1007/s11538-017-0250-0

Rische, J. L., & Komarova, N. L. (2016). Regularization of languages by adults and children: A mathematical framework. Cognitive Psychology, 84, 1-30.

Mandelshtam, Y. and Komarova, N.L. (2013) When learners surpass their models: mathematical modeling of learning from an inconsistent source. Bulletin of Math Bio.

Wodarz, D. and Komarova, N.L. (2013) Dependence of the firearm-related homicide rate on gun availability: a mathematical analysis. PLoS One 8(7), e71606.

Komarova, N.L., Jameson, K.A. (2013) Quantitative theory of human color choices. PLoS One 8, e55986.

Komarova, N.L. (2012) The spread of conventions and the search for the optimal strategy (Commentary). Religion, Brain & Behavior, 2, 1--4.

Narens, L., Jameson, K.A., Komarova, N.L. and Tauber, S. (2012) Language, Categorization, and convention. Advances in complex systems 15(3), 1150022-1--21.

Komarova NL, Levin SA. (2010) Eavesdropping and language dynamics. J Theor Biol. 264(1):104-18.

Jameson, K.A. & Komarova, N.L. (2009) Evolutionary models of color categorization. I. Population categorization systems based on normal and dichromat observers. Jour. Opt. Soc. Amer. 26, pp. 1414-1423.

Jameson, K.A. & Komarova, N.L. (2009) Evolutionary models of color categorization. II. Realistic observer models and population heterogeneity. Jour. Opt. Soc. Amer. 26, pp. 1424-1436 .

Jaeger, H., A. Baronchelli, E. Briscoe, M. H. Christiansen, T. Griffiths, G. Jaeger, S. Kirby, N. Komarova, P. J. Richerson, L. Steels and J. Triesch. What can mathematical, computational and robotic models tell us about the origins of syntax? In D. Bickerton and E. Szathmary. (eds.), Biological Foundations and Origin of Syntax, Struengmann Forum Reports, vol. 3. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 2009.

Komarova, N.L. and Jameson, K.A. (2008) Population heterogeneity and color stimulus heterogeneity in agent-based color categorization. Jour. Theor. Biol. 253(4):680-700.

Komarova, N.L., Jameson, K.A. and Narens, L. (2007) Evolutionary models of color categorization based on discrimination. Journal of Math Psychology. 51(6):359--382.

Komarova, N.L. (2006) Oscillations in population sizes - from ecology to history (a commentary). Structure and Dynamics: eJournal of Anthropological and Related Sciences , 1(1), Article 8.

Komarova, N.L. (2006) Population dynamics of human language: a complex system. Frontiers of engineering: reports on leading-edge engineering from the 2005 symposium, The National Academy Press, pp. 89-98.

Korotayev, A.V. and Komarova, N.L. (2005) Historical macrodynamics of China, in Korotayev, A.V., Malkov, A.S. and Khaltourina, D.A. The Laws of History. Mathematical Modeling of Historical Macroprocesses. Demography, Economy, Wars. Moscow: URSS (in Rusian).

Khaltourina, D.A., Korotayev, A.V. and Komarova, N.L. (2005) Demographic growth and civil wars in modern Sub-Saharan Africa: mathematical modeling, in Korotayev, A.V., Malkov, A.S. and Khaltourina, D.A. The Laws of History. Mathematical Modeling of Historical Macroprocesses. Demography, Economy, Wars. Moscow: URSS (in Rusian).

Nowak, M.A. and Komarova, N.L. (2005) The evolution of altruism: from game theory to human language, in C. Harper (ed.) Spiritual Information: 100 perspectives, Templeton Foundation Press.

Komarova, N.L. (2004) Replicator-mutator equation, universality property and population dynamics of learning. Jour. of Theor. Biol. 230(2), pp. 227-239.

Komarova, N.L. and Niyogi, P. (2004) Optimizing the mutual intelligibility of linguistic agents in a shared world. Jour. of Artificial Intelligence, 154(1-2), pp. 1-42.

Komarova, N.L. and Rivin, I. (2003) Harmonic mean, random polynomials and stochastic matrices. Advances in Appl. Math. 31(2), pp.501-526 (math.PR/0105236)

Komarova, N.L. & Nowak, M.A. (2003) Language dynamics in finite populations. Jour. of Theor. Biol. 221, pp. 445-457.

Komarova, N.L. and Nowak, M.A. (2003) Language, learning and evolution, in S. Kirby & M. Christiansen (eds.) Language Evolution: The States of the Art, pp. 317-337, Oxford University Press.

Nowak, M.A., Komarova, N.L. & Niyogi, P. (2002) Computational and evolutionary aspects of language, Nature, 417, pp. 611-617.

Komarova, N.L. and Nowak, M.A. (2001) Population dynamics of grammar acquisition, in A. Cangelosi & D. Parisi (eds.) Simulating the Evolution of Language, pp. 149-164, Springer Verlag, London.

Komarova, N.L. and Hauser, M. (2001) Building the tower of babble. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 5(10), pp. 412-413.

Nowak, M.A., Komarova, N.L. (2001) Toward an evolutionary theory of language. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 5(7), pp. 288-295.

Komarova, N.L., Nowak, M.A. (2001) Natural selection of the critical period for grammar acquisition. Proc. Royal Soc. B, 268 , No. 1472, pp. 1189-1196.

Komarova, N.L. and Nowak, M.A. (2001) Evolutionary dynamics of the lexical matrix. Bull. Math. Biol, 63(3), pp. 451-485.

Komarova, N.L., Niyogi, P. and Nowak, M.A. (2001) Evolutionary dynamics of grammar acquisition. Jour. Theor. Biol, 209(1), pp. 43-59.

Nowak, M.A., Komarova, N.L. and Niyogi, P. (2001) Evolution of universal grammar. Science, 291, pp. 114-118.


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