3 papers
physics.soc-ph2025
Optimal ambition in business, politics and life
Ekaterina Landgren, Ryan E. Langendorf, Matthew G. Burgess
In business, politics and life, folk wisdom encourages people to aim for above-average results, but to not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Here, we mathematically formali…
cs.SI2021
Empirically Classifying Network Mechanisms
Ryan E. Langendorf, Matthew G. Burgess
Network models are used to study interconnected systems across many physical, biological, and social disciplines. Such models often assume a particular network-generating mechanism…
q-bio.QM2019
Aligning Statistical Dynamics Captures Biological Network Functioning
Ryan E. Langendorf, Debra S. Goldberg
Empirical studies of graphs have contributed enormously to our understanding of complex systems. Known today as network science, what was originally a theoretical study of graphs h…