Imperial College London
Professor Richard Syms

ProfessorRichardSyms

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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+44 (0)20 7594 6203r.syms

 
 
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702Electrical EngineeringSouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Syms:2015:10.1057/jors.2015.28,
author = {Syms, R and Solymar, L},
doi = {10.1057/jors.2015.28},
journal = {Journal of the Operational Research Society},
pages = {1939--1947},
title = {A dynamic competition model of regime change},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/jors.2015.28},
volume = {66},
year = {2015}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - A dynamic competition model for an oppressive government opposed by rebels is proposed, based on coupled differential equations with constant coefficients. Depending on their values, the model allows scenarios representing a stable, oppressive government and violent regime change. With constant coefficients, there can be no limit cycles. However, cycles emerge if rebels and governments switch characteristics after a revolution, if resources change hands and rebel motivations switch from grievance to greed. This mechanism is proposed as an explanation for the establishment of a new repressive regime after the overthrow of a similar regime.
AU  - Syms,R
AU  - Solymar,L
DO  - 10.1057/jors.2015.28
EP  - 1947
PY  - 2015///
SN  - 1476-9360
SP  - 1939
TI  - A dynamic competition model of regime change
T2  - Journal of the Operational Research Society
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/jors.2015.28
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/28897
VL  - 66
ER  -
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