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physics.soc-ph2019

How connected is too connected? Impact of network topology on systemic risk and collapse of complex economic systems

Aymeric Vié, Alfredo J. Morales

Economic interdependencies have become increasingly present in globalized production, financial and trade systems. While establishing interdependencies among economic agents is cru…

physics.soc-ph2019

Segregation Dynamics with Reinforcement Learning and Agent Based Modeling

Egemen Sert, Yaneer Bar-Yam, Alfredo J. Morales

Societies are complex. Properties of social systems can be explained by the interplay and weaving of individual actions. Incentives are key to understand people's choices and decis…

physics.soc-ph2018

U.S. Social Fragmentation at Multiple Scales

Leila Hedayatifar, Rachel A. Rigg, Yaneer Bar-Yam +1

Despite global connectivity, societies seem to be increasingly polarized and fragmented. This phenomenon is rooted in the underlying complex structure and dynamics of social system…

physics.soc-ph2017

Global Patterns of Synchronization in Human Communications

Alfredo J. Morales, Vaibhav Vavilala, Rosa M. Benito +1

Social media are transforming global communication and coordination. The data derived from social media can reveal patterns of human behavior at all levels and scales of society. U…

physics.soc-ph2016

Global Patterns of Human Synchronization

Alfredo J. Morales, Vaibhav Vavilala, Rosa M. Benito +1

Social media are transforming global communication and coordination and provide unprecedented opportunities for studying socio-technical domains. Here we study global dynamical pat…

physics.soc-ph2015221 cited

Measuring Political Polarization: Twitter shows the two sides of Venezuela

A. J. Morales, J. Borondo, J. C. Losada +1

We say that a population is perfectly polarized when divided in two groups of the same size and opposite opinions. In this paper, we propose a methodology to study and measure the…