Behavioral Repertoire in Conflict Escalation: Dimensions of Dispute and Conflict Escalation

Lan Bui-Wrzosinska; Andrzej Nowak; Urszula A. Strawinska-Zanko

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1612351

Behavioral Repertoire in Conflict Escalation: Dimensions of Dispute and Conflict Escalation

Lan Bui-Wrzosinska, Andrzej Nowak, Urszula A. Strawinska-Zanko

Department of Conflict Resolution Studies

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Conflict escalation will be approached from a perspective of Dynamical Systems Theory. It is proposed that escalation and de-escalation of conflict result in changes of the ensemble of possible behaviors. We employ a combination of multidimensional scaling and network analysis to understand the dynamics of change of possible states accompanying changes in conflict intensity. The network is characterized by attractor driven dynamics in the sense that it converges in one of several possible configurations. This model represents one of possible interpretations of conflict as an attractor.

Original language	American English
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1612351
State	Published - May 21 2010
Event	The 23rd Annual Conference of the International Association of Conflict Management - Boston, United States Duration: May 21 2010 → … Conference number: 23 https://iafcm.org/past-conferences/

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Conference	The 23rd Annual Conference of the International Association of Conflict Management
Abbreviated title	IACM
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston
Period	5/21/10 → …
Internet address	https://iafcm.org/past-conferences/

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conflict escalation
dynamical systems theory
multidimensional scaling
network analysis

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Behavioral Repertoire in Conflict Escalation: Dimensions of Dispute and Conflict Escalation. / Bui-Wrzosinska, Lan; Nowak, Andrzej; Strawinska-Zanko, Urszula A.
2010. Paper presented at The 23rd Annual Conference of the International Association of Conflict Management, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

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