4 papers
Leveraging Content Producer Networks and User Perception to Detect Online Discursive Communities
Stefano Guarino, Ayoub Mounim, Guido Caldarelli +1
Online discussions are often characterized by strong behavioral asymmetries: a relatively small fraction of users actively produces content, while the majority primarily consumes a…
Impact of behavioral heterogeneity on epidemic outcome and its mapping into effective network topologies
Fabio Mazza, Gabriele Ricci, Francesca Colaiori +3
Human behavior plays a critical role in shaping epidemic trajectories. During health crises, people respond in diverse ways in terms of self-protection and adherence to recommended…
The Physics of News, Rumors, and Opinions
Guido Caldarelli, Oriol Artime, Giulia Fischetti +5
The boundaries between physical and social networks have narrowed with the advent of the Internet and its pervasive platforms. This has given rise to a complex adaptive information…
When to Boost: How Dose Timing Determines the Epidemic Threshold
Alessandro Celestini, Francesca Colaiori, Stefano Guarino +3
Most vaccines require multiple doses, the first to induce recognition and antibody production and subsequent doses to boost the primary response and achieve optimal protection. We…