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physics.soc-ph2009★ 1 cited
Were people imitating others or exercising rational choice in on-line searches for 'swine flu'?
R. Alexander Bentley, Paul Ormerod
Two general patterns have been identified for the adoption and subsequent abandonment of ideas or products within a population. One is symmetric, so that concepts or products which…
physics.soc-ph2009★ 7 cited
An evolutionary model of long tailed distributions in the social sciences
R. Alexander Bentley, Paul Ormerod, Michael Batty
Studies of collective human behavior in the social sciences, often grounded in details of actions by individuals, have much to offer `social' models from the physical sciences conc…
physics.soc-ph2009★ 2 cited
Tradition versus fashion in consumer choice
R. Alexander Bentley, P. Ormerod
Evidence is growing that in many markets consumers select not simply on the basis of the perceived attributes of products, but their preferences are modified by the behaviour of ot…