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Modeling Crowd Turbulence by Many-Particle Simulations
Wenjian Yu, Anders Johansson
A recent study [D. Helbing, A. Johansson and H. Z. Al-Abideen, {\it Phys. Rev. E} 75, 046109 (2007)] has revealed a "turbulent" state of pedestrian flows, which is characterized by…
Nurturing Breakthroughs: Lessons from Complexity Theory
Didier Sornette
A general theory of innovation and progress in human society is outlined, based on the combat between two opposite forces (conservatism/inertia and speculative herding "bubble" beh…
"Illusion of control" in Minority and Parrondo Games
J. B. Satinover, D. Sornette
Human beings like to believe they are in control of their destiny. This ubiquitous trait seems to increase motivation and persistence, and is probably evolutionarily adaptive. But…
Illusion of Control in a Brownian Game
J. B. Satinover, D. Sornette
Both single-player Parrondo games (SPPG) and multi-player Parrondo games (MPPG) display the Parrondo Effect (PE) wherein two or more individually fair (or Llosing) games yield a ne…
A two-Factor Asset Pricing Model and the Fat Tail Distribution of Firm Sizes
Y. Malevergne, D. Sornette
In the standard equilibrium and/or arbitrage pricing framework, the value of any asset is uniquely specified from the belief that only the systematic risks need to be remunerated b…
A case study of speculative financial bubbles in the South African stock market 2003-2006
Wei-Xing Zhou, Didier Sornette
We tested 45 indices and common stocks traded in the South African stock market for the possible existence of a bubble over the period from Jan. 2003 to May 2006. A bubble is defin…