ABSTRACT
This chapter examines some of the dynamics associated with the drive to be in the minority by studying a very simple class of models. The dynamics whereby the transition takes place are subtle and fascinating, and are the result of an emergent coordination in the decisions taken by the agents. Thus, strategy uses information from the historical record of which group was the minority group as a function of time, which is the information publicly available to all the agents. Complex adaptive systems of agents with co-adaptive or co-evolving strategies are systems in which agents compete for some resource, or set of resources, and by their competition alter their environment. Markets, ecologies, political structures and competition among businesses are all examples of systems. The general dynamic of frustration is likely to be a very important one in the study of adaptive competition and evolution in biological and social systems, and deserves more intensive study in that context.
