论文标题
与变革斗争：集体的脆弱韧性
Struggling with change: The fragile resilience of collectives
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论文摘要
集体形成以挥发性动态为特征的非平衡社会结构。个人加入或离开。社会关系迅速改变。因此，与工程或生态系统不同，无法定义弹性的参考状态。我们提出了一种新颖的弹性度量，结合了两个维度：鲁棒性和适应性。我们演示了如何使用软件开发人员集体的数据来量化它们。我们的分析表明，弹性生命周期，即增加弹性的阶段之后是弹性降低的阶段。我们解释了这些观察到的动态的原因，并提供了一个正式的模型来复制它们。弹性生命周期允许区分一系列弹性状态和长期弹性的短期弹性，这需要集体通过不同的周期生存。
Collectives form non-equilibrium social structures characterised by a volatile dynamics. Individuals join or leave. Social relations change quickly. Therefore, differently from engineered or ecological systems, a resilient reference state cannot be defined. We propose a novel resilience measure combining two dimensions: robustness and adaptivity. We demonstrate how they can be quantified using data from a software developer collective. Our analysis reveals a resilience life cycle, i.e., stages of increasing resilience are followed by stages of decreasing resilience. We explain the reasons for these observed dynamics and provide a formal model to reproduce them. The resilience life cycle allows distinguishing between short-term resilience, given by a sequence of resilient states, and long-term resilience, which requires collectives to survive through different cycles.
