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Towards a characterization of behavior-disease models
Nicola Perra, Duygu Balcan, Bruno Gonçalves +1
The last decade saw the advent of increasingly realistic epidemic models that leverage on the availability of highly detailed census and human mobility data. Data-driven models aim…
Validation of Dunbar's number in Twitter conversations
Bruno Goncalves, Nicola Perra, Alessandro Vespignani
Modern society's increasing dependency on online tools for both work and recreation opens up unique opportunities for the study of social interactions. A large survey of online exc…
Dynamical Patterns of Cattle Trade Movements
Paolo Bajardi, Alain Barrat, Fabrizio Natale +2
Despite their importance for the spread of zoonotic diseases, our understanding of the dynamical aspects characterizing the movements of farmed animal populations remains limited a…
How citation boosts promote scientific paradigm shifts and Nobel Prizes
Amin Mazloumian, Young-Ho Eom, Dirk Helbing +2
Nobel Prizes are commonly seen to be among the most prestigious achievements of our times. Based on mining several million citations, we quantitatively analyze the processes drivin…
Exact infinite-time statistics of the Loschmidt echo for a quantum quench
Lorenzo Campos Venuti, N. Tobias Jacobson, Siddhartha Santra +1
The equilibration dynamics of a closed quantum system is encoded in the long-time distribution function of generic observables. In this paper we consider the Loschmidt echo general…
Close encounters in a pediatric ward: measuring face-to-face proximity and mixing patterns with wearable sensors
L. Isella, M. Romano, A. Barrat +8
Nosocomial infections place a substantial burden on health care systems and represent a major issue in current public health, requiring notable efforts for its prevention. Understa…