?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4076%2F&rft.title=On+%22Badly+Behaved%22+Dynamics.+Some+Applications+of+Generalized+Urn+Schemes+to+Technological+and+Economic+Change&rft.creator=Dosi%2C+G.&rft.creator=Kaniovski%2C+Y.M.&rft.description=Adaptive+(path+dependent)+processes+of+growth+modeled+by+urn+schemes+are++important+in+several+fields+of+application%3A+biology%2C+physics%2C+chemistry%2C+and+economics.+In+this+paper+we+present+a+general+introduction+to+urn+schemes%2C++together+with+some+new+results.+We+review+the+studies+that+have+been+conducted+on+technological+dynamics+by+means+of+such+schemes.+We+demonstrate+the+phenomena+of+multiple+equilibria%2C+different+convergence+rates+for+different+limit+patterns%2C+locally+positive+and+locally+negative+feedbacks%2C+and+limit+behavior+associated+with+non-homogeneity+of+economic+environment+where+producers+(firms)+are+operating.+We+also+show+that+the+above+urn+processes+represent+a+natural+and+convenient+stochastic+replicator+dynamic+that+can+be+used+in+evolutionary+games.&rft.publisher=RR-94-012.+Reprinted+from+Journal+of+Evolutionary+Economics%2C+4(2)%3A93-123+%5B1994%5D.&rft.date=1994&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.rights=cc_by&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4076%2F1%2FRR-94-12.pdf&rft.identifier=++Dosi%2C+G.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1219.html%3E+%26+Kaniovski%2C+Y.M.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F2009.html%3E++(1994).++On+%22Badly+Behaved%22+Dynamics.+Some+Applications+of+Generalized+Urn+Schemes+to+Technological+and+Economic+Change.+++IIASA+Research+Report+(Reprint).+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+RR-94-012.+Reprinted+from+Journal+of+Evolutionary+Economics%2C+4(2)%3A93-123+%5B1994%5D.+++++