Rich Schroeppel comments:
>R(s) should probably start at R(0)=0.
The idea is that an arriving probe brings with it resources
in the sense of organized machinery, and that this machinery
then tries to "reproduce".
>There are "step function" effects, as new ore is discovered.
I don't see a prayer of knowing what these are to model them now.
>And an upper limit -- eventual exhaustion, except maybe of the stars.
The function I gave has such an upper limit.
>Survival fraction: Might need to reflect somewhat fractal
>organization of star systems: clumps of molecules, star clusters,
>galaxies, super-clusters, galaxy centers, etc.
I'm modeling a uniform distribution of identical oases.
Not right, but seems a good first step.
>Q(P): Would this be affected if a probe could detect that an
>oasis is occupied, and bypass it?
Yes.
Robin Hanson
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