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most citedNarrative structure of A Song of Ice and Fire creates a fictional world with realistic measures of social complexity

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Female representation across mythologies

M. Janickyj, P. MacCarron, J. Yose +1

Social groups have been studied throughout history to understand how different configurations impact those within them. Along with this came the interest in investigating social gr…

physics.soc-ph2024

Fast degree-preserving rewiring of complex networks

Shane Mannion, Padraig MacCarron, Akrati Saxena +1

In this paper we introduce a new, fast, degree-preserving rewiring algorithm for altering the assortativity of complex networks, which we call \textit{Fast total link (FTL) rewirin…

physics.soc-ph2021

Detect opinion-based groups and reveal polarisation in survey data

Alejandro Dinkelberg, David JP O'Sullivan, Michael Quayle +1

Networks, representing attitudinal survey data, expose the structure of opinion-based groups. We make use of these network projections to identify the groups reliably through commu…

physics.soc-ph202024 cited

Narrative structure of A Song of Ice and Fire creates a fictional world with realistic measures of social complexity

Thomas Gessey-Jones, Colm Connaughton, Robin Dunbar +4

Network science and data analytics are used to quantify static and dynamic structures in George R.R. Martin's epic novels, A Song of Ice and Fire, works noted for their scale and c…

physics.soc-ph2019

Agreement Threshold on Axelrod's model of Cultural Dissemination

Pádraig Mac Carron, Paul J. Maher, Susan Fennell +4

Shared opinions are an important feature in the formation of social groups. In this paper, we use the Axelrod model of cultural dissemination to represent opinion-based groups. In…

physics.soc-ph20171 cited

Network Analysis of the Viking Age in Ireland as portrayed in Cogadh Gaedhel re Gallaibh

Joseph Yose, Ralph Kenna, Máirín MacCarron +1

Cogadh Gaedhel re Gallaibh ("The War of the Gaedhil with the Gail") is a medieval Irish text, telling how an army under the leadership of Brian Boru challenged Viking invaders and…