群体动力学體動力獲得適應能力。例如處理身份(英语:collective identity)、對等、識別作弊者、排斥、利他、小組決策(英语:group decision-making)、領導和小組間關係(英语:intergroup relations)的機制。此外,進化和博弈论相結合已用來解釋群體中個體之間合作行為的發展和維持。
中间选民定理private goods (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) Duncan Black, "On the Rationale of Group Decision-making" (1948). P. Dasgupta and E. Maskin, "The fairest vote of all" (2004);
顺序优先法顺序优先法(OPA)是一种多准则决策分析方法(英语:Multiple-criteria decision analysis)(multi-criteria decision-making ,MCDM),有助于解决具有偏好关系的集體決策问题。 大多数的多准则决策分析方法,如层次分析法(analytic
圈内笑话 Randy Y. Hirokawa and Marshall Scott Poole. Communication and Group Decision Making. Sage Publications Inc. 1996: 96. ISBN 076190462X. Paul Brooks
交互记忆mental models in expert team decision making. In N. J. Castellan, Jr. (Ed.), Current issues in individual and group decision making (pp.221–246).Hillsdale,