Authors fit an adoption distribution to data, map it to a canonical ensemble yielding Gompertz-like and Maxwell-Boltzmann shapes, then reverse-engineer an effective potential and Lagrangian to create a field theory for socio-technical innovation dynamics.
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Thermodynamics of Innovation: A Statistical Mechanics Framework of Social Adoption
Authors fit an adoption distribution to data, map it to a canonical ensemble yielding Gompertz-like and Maxwell-Boltzmann shapes, then reverse-engineer an effective potential and Lagrangian to create a field theory for socio-technical innovation dynamics.