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Understanding the spreading patterns of mobile phone viruses
P. Wang, M. Gonzalez, C. A. Hidalgo +1
We model the mobility of mobile phone users to study the fundamental spreading patterns characterizing a mobile virus outbreak. We find that while Bluetooth viruses can reach all s…
Understanding individual human mobility patterns
M. C. Gonzalez, C. A. Hidalgo, A. -L. Barabasi
Despite their importance for urban planning, traffic forecasting, and the spread of biological and mobile viruses, our understanding of the basic laws governing human motion remain…
Uncovering individual and collective human dynamics from mobile phone records
J. Candia, M. C. González, P. Wang +3
Novel aspects of human dynamics and social interactions are investigated by means of mobile phone data. Using extensive phone records resolved in both time and space, we study the…
A system of mobile agents to model social networks
M. C. Gonzalez, P. G. Lind, H. J. Herrmann
We propose a model of mobile agents to construct social networks, based on a system of moving particles by keeping track of the collisions during their permanence in the system. We…