3 papers
physics.soc-ph2020
Modelling and predicting the effect of social distancing and travel restrictions on COVID-19 spreading
Francesco Parino, Lorenzo Zino, Maurizio Porfiri +1
To date, the only effective means to respond to the spreading of COVID-19 pandemic are non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), which entail policies to reduce social activity and…
physics.soc-ph2019
Shall we turn off the media? Global information can destroy local cooperation in the one-dimensional ring
Bilge Aydin, Marta Biondo, Deepak Gupta +7
In this paper we investigate the evolution of cooperation when the interaction structure is strictly local, and hence fitness only depends on local behaviors, while the competition…
physics.soc-ph2018
Analysis of the Bitcoin blockchain: Socio-economic factors behind the adoption
Francesco Parino, Mariano G. Beiro, Laetitia Gauvin
As the first decentralized digital currency introduced in 2009 together with the blockchain, Bitcoin offers new opportunities both for developed and developing countries. Bitcoin p…