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48 papers
Modeling complex systems: A case study of compartmental models in epidemiology
Alexander F. Siegenfeld, Pratyush K. Kollepara, Yaneer Bar-Yam
Compartmental epidemic models have been widely used for predicting the course of epidemics, from estimating the basic reproduction number to guiding intervention policies. Studies…
Shannon information criterion for low-high diversity transition in Moran and Voter models
Gabriella D. Franco, Flavia M. D. Marquitti, Lucas D. Fernandes +2
Mutation and drift play opposite roles in genetics. While mutation creates diversity, drift can cause gene variants to disappear, especially when they are rare. In the absence of n…
Unmasking the mask studies: why the effectiveness of surgical masks in preventing respiratory infections has been underestimated
Pratyush K. Kollepara, Alexander F. Siegenfeld, Nassim Nicholas Taleb +1
Face masks have been widely used as a protective measure against COVID-19. However, pre-pandemic empirical studies have produced mixed statistical results on the effectiveness of m…
Structure and Dynamic of Global Population Migration Network
Wensha Gou, Siyu Huang, Qinghua Chen +2
Cross-border migration brings economic and cultural impacts to the origin and destination, and is also a key to reflect the international relations of related countries. In fact, t…
Eliminating COVID-19: The Impact of Travel and Timing
Alexander F. Siegenfeld, Yaneer Bar-Yam
We analyze the spread of COVID-19 by considering the transmission of the disease among individuals both within and between regions. A set of regions can be defined as any partition…
An Introduction to Complex Systems Science and its Applications
Alexander F. Siegenfeld, Yaneer Bar-Yam
The standard assumptions that underlie many conceptual and quantitative frameworks do not hold for many complex physical, biological, and social systems. Complex systems science cl…