A recent article [Vinkovic D, Kirman A (2006) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103:19261–19265] showing that the Schelling model has a physical analogue extends our understanding of the model. However, prior research has already outlined a mathematical basis for the Schelling model and simulations based on it have already enhanced our understanding of the social dynamics that underlie the model, something that the physical analogue does not address. Research in social science has provided a formal basis for the segregative outcomes resulting from the residential selection process and simulations have replicated relevant spatial outcomes under different specifications of the residential dynamics. New and increasingly detailed survey data on preferences demonstrates the embeddedness of the Schelling selection process in the social behaviors of choosing alternative residential compositions. It also demonstrates that, in the multicultural context, seemingly mild preferences for living with similar neighbors carry the potential to be strong determinants for own race selectivity and residential segregation.
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机译：最近的一篇文章[Vinkovic D，Kirman A（2006）Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103：19261–19265]显示Schelling模型具有物理类似物，扩展了我们对该模型的理解。但是，先前的研究已经概述了Schelling模型的数学基础，基于它的模拟已经增强了我们对作为模型基础的社会动力的理解，而物理类似物却无法解决这一问题。社会科学的研究为住宅选择过程中产生的隔离结果提供了正式的基础，并且模拟复制了在住宅动力学不同规格下的相关空间结果。关于偏好的新的且越来越详细的调查数据表明，谢林选择过程在选择替代性住房组合的社会行为中具有内在性。这也表明，在多元文化背景下，似乎温和的与相似邻居住在一起的喜好可能成为决定自己种族选择和居住隔离的强大决定因素。
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