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Superspreading k-cores at the center of COVID-19 pandemic persistence
Matteo Serafino, Higor S. Monteiro, Shaojun Luo +6
The spread of COVID-19 caused by the recently discovered SARS-CoV-2 virus has become a worldwide problem with devastating consequences. To slow down the spread of the pandemic, mas…
On the decentralized navigation of multiple packages on transportation networks
Samuel M. da Silva, Saulo D. S. Reis, Ascânio D. Araújo +1
We investigate by numerical simulation and finite-size analysis the impact of long-range shortcuts on a spatially embedded transportation network. Our networks are built from two-d…
The price of a vote: diseconomy in proportional elections
Hygor Piaget M. Melo, Saulo D. S. Reis, André A. Moreira +2
The increasing cost of electoral campaigns raises the need for effective campaign planning and a precise understanding of the return of such investment. Interestingly, despite the…
How does public opinion become extreme?
Marlon Ramos, Jia Shao, Saulo D. S. Reis +4
We investigate the emergence of extreme opinion trends in society by employing statistical physics modeling and analysis on polls that inquire about a wide range of issues such as…
Avoiding catastrophic failure in correlated networks of networks
Saulo D. S. Reis, Yanqing Hu, Andrés Babino +4
Networks in nature do not act in isolation but instead exchange information, and depend on each other to function properly. An incipient theory of Networks of Networks have shown t…
Origins of power-law degree distribution in the heterogeneity of human activity in social networks
Lev Muchnik, Sen Pei, Lucas C. Parra +4
The probability distribution of number of ties of an individual in a social network follows a scale-free power-law. However, how this distribution arises has not been conclusively…