Title :
A Model for ``The Tragedy of the Commons´´
Author :
Anderson, Jay M.
Author_Institution :
Department of Chemistry, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 19010.
Abstract :
A formal dynamic model which represents the assumptions in Hardin´s paper, ``The Tragedy of the Commons,´´ exhibits his conclusions explicitly. The calculus serves as an adequate language for the model, but its conclusions are exhibited graphically with the aid of a simulation language and computation. Technological solutions to the ``tragedy´´ necessarily fail; coercive solutions admit a range of possibilities. Limitation of the use of the ``commons´´ may prove more successful than taxation for the use of the ``commons.´´ The model lays both assumptions and conclusions open to critical examination, and serves as a useful teaching tool.
Keywords :
Calculus; Chemistry; Computational modeling; Differential equations; Investments; Marine animals; Neodymium; Water pollution; Whales; Wool;
Journal_Title :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TSMC.1974.5408531