Complementary Variety: When Can Cooperation in Uncertain Environments Outperform Competitive Selection?

Figure 6

Fine-graining of the Japanese export economy (1974–2010), visualization of selected cases from Figure 5: (a) Space 2_Time 1; (b) Space 2_Time 2; (c) Space 4_Time 4; (d) Space 8_Time 8. Optimization suggests only working with the types that are outlined with colored borders, while neglecting the other types.

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