• Path dependence is a concept in the social sciences, referring to processes where past events or decisions constrain later events or decisions. It can...
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  • physics and mathematics is a physical system whose state depends on the path taken in order to achieve it. Such a system is described by a set of parameters...
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    or if the body is moving along a curved path, possibly rotating and not necessarily rigid, then only the path of the application point of the force is...
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    ones available. He proceeds to explain that lock-in is a result of path-dependence, where the early choice of technology in a market forces other actors...
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    to industrialize more effectively. In the context of development, path dependence is the idea that certain points in history may have an outsized and...
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  • equilibrium, path dependence, and institutions Paul A. David and W. Brian Arthur, two economists, introduced and elaborated the concept of path dependence, the...
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  • social science approach that emphasizes how timing, sequences and path dependence affect institutions, and shape social, political, economic behavior...
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    information about the process but does not determine the P–V path uniquely, because the path can include several slow goings backwards and forward in volume...
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    establish Betamax as the leading format. This kind of lock-in and path dependence failed for Sony, but succeeded for JVC. For forty years, JVC dominated...
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    PMID 22187325. Dunivin, Zackary O.; Kaminski, Patrick (October 16, 2024). "Path dependence, stigmergy, and memetic reification in the formation of the 27 Club...
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    latest best-practices. Past actions can also create other kinds of path dependence, where power to shape democratic institutions can be slowed down or...
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    Publishing, Germany. p77. Asal, Victor; Sommer, Udi (2016). Legal Path Dependence and the Long Arm of the Religious State: Sodomy Provisions and Gay...
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  • The Salt Path is a 2018 memoir, nature, and travel book by Raynor Winn. It details the long-distance walk along the South West Coast Path, in South West...
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  • "Path dependence, lock-in and history". Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization. 11: 205–226. Liebowitz, S. J.; Margolis, Stephen E. (1998). "Path...
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    Hysteresis is the dependence of the state of a system on its history. For example, a magnet may have more than one possible magnetic moment in a given...
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    thumb-typing Android-only 2013 beta Keyboard monument Maltron keyboard Path dependence Repetitive strain injury Text entry interface Thumb keyboard Touch...
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  • complexity in the social sciences. His specific research interests include path dependence, culture, collective wisdom, adaptation, and computational models of...
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    on a gold standard reflected accident, network externalities, and path dependence. Great Britain accidentally adopted a de facto gold standard in 1717...
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    According to Paul Pierson, the account by Lipset and Rokkan typifies path dependence, as cleavages at particular critical junctures led to stable party...
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    shaped by path dependence, such as a perceived first-mover advantage, which can result in lock-in. The most commonly cited example of path dependence is the...
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    Historical Perspective on the Modern Productivity Paradox" (1990), and Path Dependence, Its Critics and the Quest for Historical Economics (1997). He also...
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    method is also used for valuing certain exotic options, because of path dependence in the payoff. Traditional Monte Carlo methods for option pricing fail...
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  • Retrieved 2024-07-13. Holmberg, Rurik (2008). Survival of the Unfit. Path Dependence and the Estonian Oil Shale Industry (PDF). Linköping Studies in Arts...
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    Dvorak keyboard layout EurKEY Colemak-DH Kinesis contoured keyboard Path dependence Velotype "Colemak keyboard layout". Archived from the original on 2020-02-28...
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    Esvelt, K. M.; Liu, D. R. (2013). "Experimental Interrogation of the Path Dependence and Stochasticity of Protein Evolution Using Phage-Assisted Continuous...
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  • exist, making them unavailable to later potential adopters. This is path dependence. If the number of reasonable platform choices in a market falls to...
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  • directions. In economics and social sciences, path dependence gives rise to divergent directions of development. Some path dependent processes are adequately described...
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  • plastic loading also invalidates the path-independence. Such non-proportional loading is the reason for the path-dependence for the in-plane loading modes on...
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  • work and influences on institutions, an important idea to consider is path dependence, which states that past events constrain future outcomes. Highly prevalent...
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  • suboptimal institutions are likely. Emphasizes how timing, sequences and path dependence affect institutions, and shape social, political, economic behavior...
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