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Flatfish herding behavior in response to trawl sweeps: a comparison of diel responses to conventional sweeps and elevated sweeps [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Commercial bottom trawls often have sweeps to herd fish into the net. Elevation of the sweeps off the seaf loor may reduce seafloor disturbance, but also reduce herding effectiveness.
Iseri, Paul J.   +2 more
core  

Zealots in the mean-field noisy voter model

open access: yes, 2018
The influence of zealots on the noisy voter model is studied theoretically and numerically at the mean-field level. The noisy voter model is a modification of the voter model that includes a second mechanism for transitions between states: apart from the
Khalil, Nagi   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Panic, Irrationality, and Herding: Three Ambiguous Terms in Crowd Dynamics Research

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Transportation, 2019
Background. The three terms “panic”, “irrationality”, and “herding” are ubiquitous in the crowd dynamics literature and have a strong influence on both modelling and management practices.
M. Haghani   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Dynamic riskscapes for prey: disentangling the impact of human and cougar presence on deer behavior using GPS smartphone locations

open access: yesEcography, EarlyView.
Prey species adjust their behavior along human‐use gradients by balancing risks from predators and humans. During hunting seasons, prey often exhibit strong antipredator responses to humans but may develop tolerance in suburban areas to exploit human‐mediated resources.
Heather N. Abernathy   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cost–benefit analysis for optimal DG placement in distribution systems by using elephant herding optimization algorithm

open access: yesRenewables: Wind, Water, and Solar, 2019
Distributed generations (DGs) are small generating plants which are connected to consumers in distribution systems to improve the voltage profile, stability improvement, reduction in power losses and economic benefits.
C. Prasad, K. Subbaramaiah, P. Sujatha
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Does herding behavior exist in cryptocurrency market?

open access: yes, 2020
This paper investigates the existence of herding behavior in cryptocurrencies market. Using data of the 20 large cryptocurrencies and MV Index Solution Crypto Compare Digital Assets for large cap index, we found no evidence of herding behavior using ...
Amina Amirat, Wafa Alwafi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Forging Just Climate Policies: Reconciling Justice Perceptions in Deliberative Mini‐Publics

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Demands for ambitious climate measures have been accompanied by calls for a just transition, implying policies that take into account aspects of social justice in climate change mitigation. In many countries, deliberative mini‐publics, such as Citizens' Assemblies and Citizens' Juries, have been convened to develop recommendations for socially
Katariina Kulha
wiley   +1 more source

Herd Behavior in the Japanese Loan Market: Evidence from Bank Panel Data [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper investigates whether Japanese banks had been following herd behavior in the domestic loan market from 1975 through 2002. Applying the technique developed by Lakonishok, Shleifer, and Vishny (LSV) (1992, J. of Fin.
Hirofumi Uchida, Ryuichi Nakagawa
core  

When Herding and Contrarianism Foster Market Efficiency : A Financial Trading Experiment [PDF]

open access: yes
While herding has long been suspected to play a role in financial market booms and busts, theoretical analyses have struggled to identify conclusive causes for the effect.
Park, Andreas, Sgroi, Daniel
core   +3 more sources

A Herding Model with Preferential Attachment and Fragmentation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
We introduce and solve a model that mimics the herding effect in financial markets when groups of agents share information. The number of agents in the model is growing and at each time step either (i) with probability p an incoming agent joins an ...
Albert   +10 more
core   +5 more sources

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