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physics.soc-ph2025
A generative model of function growth explains hidden self-similarities across biological and social systems
James Holehouse, S. Redner, Vicky Chuqiao Yang +5
From genomes and ecosystems to bureaucracies and cities, the growth of complex systems occurs by adding new types of functions and expanding existing ones. We present a simple gene…
physics.soc-ph2025
Synthesis of innovation and obsolescence
Edward D. Lee, Christopher P. Kempes, Manfred D. Laubichler +14
Innovation and obsolescence describe the dynamics of ever-churning social and biological systems, from the development of economic markets to scientific and technological progress…
physics.soc-ph2024
What Leads to Administrative Bloat? A Dynamic Model of Administrative Cost and Waste
Vicky Chuqiao Yang, Levi Grenier
The functioning of complex systems depends on the coordination of diverse components, often supported by regulatory structures that incur costs. In human organizations, such costs…