3 papers
physics.soc-ph2026
From streaks to synergies: A multi-scale analysis of performance and scoring in the NBA
Malvina Bozhidarova, Yanpei Cai, Ricardo M. S. Carvalho +7
Modern play-by-play data make it possible to test long-standing intuitions about basketball with the same statistical rigour now routinely applied to other professional sports. Usi…
physics.soc-ph2026
Emergence of cooperation in nonlinear higher-order public goods games
Jaume Llabrés, Onkar Sadekar, Federico Malizia +1
Evolutionary game theory has provided substantial contributions to explain the emergence of cooperation under unfavourable conditions in ecology, economics, and the social sciences…
physics.soc-ph2025
Drivers of cooperation in social dilemmas on higher-order networks
Onkar Sadekar, Andrea Civilini, Vito Latora +1
Understanding cooperation in social dilemmas requires models that capture the complexity of real-world interactions. While network frameworks have provided valuable insights to mod…