3 papers
physics.soc-ph2026
What is emergence, after all?
Abbas K. Rizi
The term emergence is increasingly used across scientific disciplines to describe phenomena that arise from interactions among a system's components but cannot be readily inferred…
physics.soc-ph2025
Strength and weakness of disease-induced herd immunity in networks
Takayuki Hiraoka, Zahra Ghadiri, Abbas K. Rizi +2
When a fraction of a population becomes immune to an infectious disease, the population-wide infection risk decreases nonlinearly due to collective protection, known as herd immuni…
physics.soc-ph2025
Story Arcs, Success and Diffusion of Turkish TV Dramas
Guanghui Pan, Selcan Mutgan, Abdul Basit Adeel +1
Turkish TV dramas, renowned for their extensive episodes and captivating romantic narratives, have gained global popularity, leading to the central question of this study: what dri…