35 citations · 38 across the 2 of their papers we have counts for
2 papers
q-bio.PE2021★ 3 cited
Coupled Contagion: A Two-Fears Epidemic Model
Joshua M. Epstein, Erez Hatna, Jennifer Crodelle
We present a differential equations model in which contagious disease transmission is affected by contagious fear of the disease and contagious fear of the control, in this case va…
physics.soc-ph2014★ 35 cited
Social Conformity Despite Individual Preferences for Distinctiveness
Paul E. Smaldino, Joshua M. Epstein
We demonstrate that individual behaviors directed at the attainment of distinctiveness can in fact produce complete social conformity. We thus offer an unexpected generative mechan…