This book integrates current advances in biology, economics of information and linguistics research through applications using agent-based modeling and social network analysis to develop scenarios of communication and language emergence in the social aspects of biological communications. The book presents a model of communication emergence that can be applied both to human and non-human living organism networks. The model is based on economic concepts and individual behavior fundamental for the study of trust and reputation networks in social science, particularly in economics; it is also based on the theory of the emergence of norms and historical path dependence that has been influential in institutional economics. Also included are mathematical models and code for agent-based models to explore various scenarios of language evolution, as well as a computer application that explores language and communication in biological versus social organisms, and the emergence of various meanings and grammars in human networks.

Adapts methods and insights from the social sciences and economics into biologyContains the latest advances in mathematical linguistics through agent-based modeling of subjective signals and responsesIncludes mathematical models and code for agent-based models to explore various scenarios of language evolution

Introduction.- Complex Systems and Economics of Information.- Heterogeneity in Complex Communication Systems.- A Model of Adaptive and Selective Communication.- Intra versus Interspecies Communication: Boundaries and Advances.- Emergence of Language.- The Future of Communication. Conclusions.