Joshua Watts
Arizona State University
7 Papers
28 Citations
Joshua Watts is an academic researcher from Arizona State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Technological evolution & Pottery. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 7 publications.
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A theory of the evolution of technology: Technological parasitism and the implications for innovation magement
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose the theory of technological parasitism, which is based on the idea that parasite-host relationships between technologies and technologies with a high number of technological parasites have an accelerated evolution driven by long-run mutualistic symbioses, providing the basis for extensive macroevolution and adaptive behavior of systems of interactive technologies in markets.
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Hazardous Weather Prediction and Communication in the Modern Information Environment
Rebecca E. Morss,Julie L. Demuth,Heather Lazrus,Leysia Palen,C. Michael Barton,Christopher A. Davis,Chris Snyder,Olga V. Wilhelmi,Kenneth M. Anderson,David Ahijevych,Jennings Anderson,Melissa Bica,Kathryn R. Fossell,Jennifer Henderson,Marina Kogan,Kevin Stowe,Joshua Watts +16 more
TL;DR: In this article, the dynamic, interconnected processes that characterize the modern hazard information system can transform the creation, communication, and use of weather and climate information, and they can be found in detail in Section 2.1.
Conceptualizing and implementing an agent-based model of information flow and decision making during hurricane threats
TL;DR: An agent-based modeling laboratory for investigating how evolving hazard information, propagated through forecaster, media, public official, and peer information networks, affects patterns of public protective-action decisions during hurricane threats is introduced.
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The provenance and concentrated production of Hohokam red-on-buff pottery: Implications for an ancient arizona economy
TL;DR: This article showed that red-painted vessels were made in one locality along the Gila River, thereby supporting the idea that a reliable and efficient mechanism for commodity exchange was extant at that time, possibly in the form of periodic marketplaces associated with ritual ballgames.
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A Theory of the Evolution of Technology: Technological Parasitism and the Implications for Innovation Management
Mario Coccia,Joshua Watts +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose the theory of technological parasitism that may be useful for bringing a new perspective to explain and generalize the evolution of technology directed to sustain competitive advantage of firms and nations.
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