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Global comparison of urban bike-sharing accessibility across 40 cities

Scientific Reports
The global expansion of bike-sharing networks offers a cost-effective and environmentally friendly transportation alternative that complements public transit and promotes active, healthy lifestyles.
Sachit Mahajan, Javier Argota Sánchez-Vaquerizo   +1 more
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When Do Users Change Their Profile Information on Twitter?

, 2017
We can see profile information such as name, description and location in order to know the user on social media. However, this profile information is not always fixed. If there is a change in the user's life, the profile information will be changed.
Shima, Jinsei, Umemura, Kyoji, Yoshida, Mitsuo   +2 more
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Computational Social Science for Public Policy

, 2023
Abstract Computational Social Science (CSS), which brings together the power of computational methods and the analytical rigour of the social sciences, has the potential to revolutionise policymaking. This growing field of research can help governments take advantage of large-scale data on human behaviour and provide policymakers with ...
Margetts, Helen, Dorobantu, Cosmina
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Beyond the tax haven: a graph analysis of business attraction in Swiss municipalities

EPJ Data Science
Switzerland’s decentralized fiscal structure has long been anecdotally credited with creating intense tax competition among its municipalities, famously attracting businesses to cantons like Zug.
Arthur Capozzi, Damian Dailisan
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Generalization of neural network models for complex network dynamics

Communications Physics
Differential equations are a ubiquitous tool to study dynamics, ranging from physical systems to complex systems, where a large number of agents interact through a graph.
Vaiva Vasiliauskaite, Nino Antulov-Fantulin   +1 more
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The Logic of the Method of Agent-Based Simulation in the Social Sciences: Empirical and Intentional Adequacy of Computer Programs [PDF]

The classical theory of computation does not represent an adequate model of reality for simulation in the social sciences. The aim of this paper is to construct a methodological perspective that is able to conciliate the formal and empirical logic of ...
Helder Coelho, Jaime Sim�o Sichman, Nuno David   +2 more
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Computational social science is growing up: why puberty consists of embracing measurement validation, theory development, and open science practices. [PDF]

EPJ Data Sci, 2023
Elmer T.
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Governors in the Digital Era: Analyzing and Predicting Social Media Engagement Using Machine Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan

Informatics
This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the social media posts of prefectural governors in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic. It investigates the correlation between social media activity levels, governors’ characteristics, and engagement ...
Salama Shady, Vera Paola Shoda, Takashi Kamihigashi   +2 more
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Installing computational social science: Facing the challenges of new information and communication technologies in social science

Methodological Innovations, 2016
Today’s world allows people to connect over larger distances and in shorter intervals than ever before, widely monitored by massive online data sources.
Raphael H. Heiberger, Jan R. Riebling
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Topological enslavement in evolutionary games on correlated multiplex networks

New Journal of Physics, 2018
Governments and enterprises strongly rely on incentives to generate favorable outcomes from social and strategic interactions between individuals. The incentives are usually modeled by payoffs in evolutionary games, such as the prisoners dilemma or the ...
Kaj-Kolja Kleineberg, Dirk Helbing
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