11 papers
Dynastic dynamics: Modelling powerful naming choices with stochastic prestige
Pablo Rosillo-Rodes, Santiago Lamata-OtÃn, David Soriano-Paños +2
The naming choices of powerful rulers encode millennia of cultural, political, and institutional influences. Consequently, the long-term onomastic dynamics within some of the most…
Interplay between evolutionary and epidemic time scales challenges the outcome of control policies
Santiago Lamata-OtÃn, Alex Arenas, Jesús Gómez-Gardeñes +1
The SIR model is the cornerstone model for mathematical epidemiology, explaining key epidemic features such as the second-order transition between disease-free and epidemic states,…
Nonlinear competition avoidance favors coexistence in microbial populations
Mattia Mattei, David Soriano-Paños, Alex Arenas
Bacteria regulate their motility through a variety of mechanisms, including quorum sensing (QS) and other density-dependent responses mediated by diffusible signals. While nonlinea…
Eco-evolutionary constraints for the endemicity of rapidly evolving viruses
David Soriano-Paños
Antigenic escape constitutes the main mechanism allowing rapidly evolving viruses to achieve endemicity. Beyond granting immune escape, empirical evidence also suggests that mutati…
Ideological polarization in static networks: A multidimensional approach for opinion alignment
Favio Di Ciocco, Hugo Pérez-MartÃnez, Jesús Gómez-Gardeñes +2
Polarization, defined as the emergence of sharply divided groups with opposing and often extreme views, is an increasingly prominent feature of modern societies. While many studies…
Structured Interactions Drive Abrupt Transitions in the Spatial Organization of Microbial Communities
Mattia Mattei, David Soriano Paños, Mahantesh Halappanavar +1
Bacteria possess diverse mechanisms to regulate their motility in response to environmental and physiological signals, enabling them to navigate complex habitats and adapt their be…