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Fundraising and vote distribution: a non-equilibrium statistical approach
H. P. M. Melo, N. A. M. Araujo, J. S. Andrade
The number of votes correlates strongly with the money spent in a campaign, but the relation between the two is not straightforward. Among other factors, the output of a ballot dep…
The hidden traits of endemic illiteracy in cities
Luiz G. A. Alves, Jose S. Andrade, Quentin S. Hanley +1
In spite of the considerable progress towards reducing illiteracy rates, many countries, including developed ones, have encountered difficulty achieving further reduction in these…
On the decentralized navigation of multiple packages on transportation networks
Samuel M. da Silva, Saulo D. S. Reis, Ascânio D. Araújo +1
We investigate by numerical simulation and finite-size analysis the impact of long-range shortcuts on a spatially embedded transportation network. Our networks are built from two-d…
Clout, Activists and Budget: The Road to Presidency
L. Böttcher, Hans J. Herrmann, Hans Gersbach
Political campaigns involve, in the simplest case, two competing campaign groups which try to obtain a majority of votes. We propose a novel mathematical framework to study politic…