Dynamic variable structure modelling and simulation of the Claude Levi-Strauss's mythical thought morphodynamics

  • Authors:
  • Jean-François Santucci;Emmanuelle de Gentili

  • Affiliations:
  • SPE UMR CNRS, Quartier Grossetti, BP, Corte, France;SPE UMR CNRS, Quartier Grossetti, BP, Corte, France

  • Venue:
  • SpringSim '09 Proceedings of the 2009 Spring Simulation Multiconference
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

We present in this paper an object oriented modeling and simulation software implementing an extension of the DEVS formalism allowing to deal with dynamic variable structures applied to the analysis of folktales. This software is based on the DEVS (Discrete Event System specification) formalism in order to propose: (i) the modeling of a given myth issued from the oral literature of a given culture; (ii) the simulation of the corresponding myths transformations as described by Claude Levi Strauss when he dealt with the Mythical Thought; (iii) the simulation of different codes as defined by Claude Levi Strauss (cosmological, culinary, ...) through a given myth. The resulting software has been realized using the PythonDEVS kernel. The validation of the implemented software is performed on a set of folktales issued from the Corsican mythology.