?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%2F4959%2F&rft.title=Love+Dynamics%3A+The+Case+of+Linear+Couples&rft.creator=Rinaldi%2C+S.&rft.description=This+paper+proposes+a+minimal+model+composed+of+two+ordinary+differential+equations+to+describe+the+dynamics+of+love+between+two+individuals.+The+equations+take+into+account+three+mechanisms+of+love+growth+and+decay%3A+the+pleasure+of+being+loved+(return)%2C+the+reaction+to+the+partner's+appeal+(instinct)%2C+and+the+forgetting+processes+(oblivion).+Under+suitable+assumptions+on+the+behavior+of+the+individuals%2C+the+model+turns+out+to+be+a+positive+linear+system+enjoying%2C+as+such%2C+a+number+of+remarkable+properties%2C+which+are+in+agreement+with+common+wisdom+on+the+argument.+These+properties+are+used+to+explore+the+consequences+that+individual+behavior+can+have+on+the+population+structure.+The+main+result+along+this+line+is+that+individual+appeal+is+the+driving+force+that+creates+order+in+the+population.+Possible+extensions+of+this+theory+of+linear+love+dynamics+are+briefly+discussed.&rft.publisher=WP-96-068&rft.date=1996-06&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4959%2F1%2FWP-96-068.pdf&rft.identifier=++Rinaldi%2C+S.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F253.html%3E++(1996).++Love+Dynamics%3A+The+Case+of+Linear+Couples.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-96-068+++++