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Dialectics-Politics-Cybernetics: The Sociophysics of Complex Systems [PDF]
This study describes and explains the triangular relationship among the functional concepts of Dialiectics, Politics, and Cybernetics, on the basis of the new Theory of Sociophysics.
Arnopoulos, Paris
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Three-State Opinion Model on Complex Topologies
We investigate opinion diffusion on complex networks and the interplay between the existence of neutral opinion states and non-trivial network structures.
Irene Ferri +3 more
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Hydrosocial Territories Research: An Overview
View of El Quimbo dam and reservoir on the Magdalena River, Colombia. Photo Credits: Patrick Hostert. ABSTRACT Hydrosocial territories scholarship has contributed to advancing relational, power‐sensitive, multiscalar understandings of water and its governance.
Rossella Alba +4 more
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Influence of Money Distribution on Civil Violence Model
We study the influence of money distribution on the dynamics of Epstein’s model of civil violence. For this, we condition the hardship parameter distributed according to the distribution of money, which is a local parameter that determines the dynamics of the model of civil violence.
Ignacio Ormazábal +3 more
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Voter-like Dynamics with Conflicting Preferences on Modular Networks
Two of the main factors shaping an individual’s opinion are social coordination and personal preferences, or personal biases. To understand the role of those and that of the topology of the network of interactions, we study an extension of the voter ...
Filippo Zimmaro +2 more
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ABSTRACT Complex system models of attitudes, such as the Hierarchical Ising Opinion Model (HIOM), suggest that a person's involvement in an attitude object could be linked to attitude extremity and polarization. Despite its potential to integrate various theories of attitude change and despite the implications it could hold for attitude research, this ...
Madlen Hoffstadt +3 more
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New perspectives and challenges in econophysics and sociophysics
This book presents results on the latest perspectives and challenges within the interrelated fields of econophysics and sociophysics, which have emerged from the application of statistical physics to economics and sociology.
Deo, Nivedita +4 more
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Contingency, crises & disasters: Broadening the research agenda
Abstract The idea of contingency emphasizes uncertainty, the consequences of choice as well as our dependence on persons and events outside our control and ability to comprehend. The concept is thus integral to how we define and understand disasters and crises. Yet the way in which contingency informs research agendas is often restricted to a dialectic
Simon Hollis
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Tipping Points in Opinion Dynamics: A Universal Formula in Five Dimensions
A universal formula is shown to predict the dynamics of public opinion including eventual sudden and unexpected outbreaks of minority opinions within a generic parameter space of five dimensions. The formula is obtained by combining and extending several
Serge Galam, Taksu Cheon
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The retirement transition has been associated with a decrease in total physical activity (PA). However, little is known about effective interventions to counteract this decrease. Prior to designing interventions, more information is needed about the changes in PA and in determinants of PA around this life change.
Nina Vansweevelt +4 more
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