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The quoter model: a paradigmatic model of the social flow of written information
James P. Bagrow, Lewis Mitchell
We propose a model for the social flow of information in the form of text data, which simulates the posting and sharing of short social media posts. Nodes in a graph representing a…
Crowdsourcing Predictors of Residential Electric Energy Usage
Mark D. Wagy, Josh C. Bongard, James P. Bagrow +1
Crowdsourcing has been successfully applied in many domains including astronomy, cryptography and biology. In order to test its potential for useful application in a Smart Grid con…
Information flow reveals prediction limits in online social activity
James P. Bagrow, Xipei Liu, Lewis Mitchell
Modern society depends on the flow of information over online social networks, and users of popular platforms generate significant behavioral data about themselves and their social…
Autocompletion interfaces make crowd workers slower, but their use promotes response diversity
Xipei Liu, James P. Bagrow
Creative tasks such as ideation or question proposal are powerful applications of crowdsourcing, yet the quantity of workers available for addressing practical problems is often in…
Information spreading during emergencies and anomalous events
James P. Bagrow
The most critical time for information to spread is in the aftermath of a serious emergency, crisis, or disaster. Individuals affected by such situations can now turn to an array o…
Which friends are more popular than you? Contact strength and the friendship paradox in social networks
James P. Bagrow, Christopher M. Danforth, Lewis Mitchell
The friendship paradox states that in a social network, egos tend to have lower degree than their alters, or, "your friends have more friends than you do". Most research has focuse…