Schelling Tipping Points

Thomas Schelling's dynamic neighborhood model — hysteresis and irreversible tipping

Parameters

Segregation

Unhappy agents
Segregation index
Tipped?
Rounds0
Even mild tolerance thresholds (τ<0.5) can tip neighborhoods to full segregation — Schelling's paradox. Hysteresis: integrated neighborhood requires much lower τ to maintain than to achieve.