3 papers
physics.soc-ph2026
Collective cooperation without individual fidelity in LLM agents
Henrique Ferraz de Arruda, Carlos Gracia Lázaro, Alberto Aleta +1
Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used as agents in simulations of social systems, yet it remains unclear when their behavior can be interpreted as a faithful proxy for…
physics.soc-ph2026
The social consequences of AI delegation
Henrique Ferraz de Arruda, Yamir Moreno
A substantial body of recent work has debated whether large language models (LLMs) can serve as substitutes for human participants in behavioural research. This debate, however, ca…
physics.soc-ph2025
Interplay between pitch control and top speed in soccer: The stamina factor
Marco F. da Silva, A. Novillo, A. Aleta +4
In this study, we investigate the interplay between player speed and ball control in soccer. We present a novel pitch control algorithm that quantifies the probability of a player…