4 papers
Exact Scaling Theory of Social Tipping Phenomena in Finite Populations
Bianca Y. S. Ishikawa, José F. Fontanari
Granovetter's threshold model provides a classical framework for social mobilization, where collective action spreads through cascades as individuals join once movement size reache…
Competitive Social Mobilization in Threshold Models of Collective Action
Bianca Y. S. Ishikawa, José F. Fontanari
Social mobilization often fails not for a lack of collective interest, but because of fierce competition between rival movements for the same limited pool of participants. We gener…
Finite Population Dynamics Resolve the Central Paradox of the Inspection Game
Bianca Y. S. Ishikawa, José F. Fontanari
The Inspection Game is the canonical model for the strategic conflict between law enforcement (inspectors) and citizens (potential criminals). Its classical Mixed-Strategy Nash Equ…
Revisiting institutional punishment in the -person prisoner's dilemma
Bianca Y. S. Ishikawa, José F. Fontanari
The conflict between individual and collective interests makes fostering cooperation in human societies a challenging task, requiring drastic measures such as the establishment of…