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most citedA SIR epidemic model for citation dynamics

6 citations · 14 across the 3 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

cs.DL20206 cited

A SIR epidemic model for citation dynamics

Sandro M. Reia, José F. Fontanari

The study of citations in the scientific literature crosses the boundaries between the traditional branches of science and stands on its own as a most profitable research field dub…

cs.MA2019

The surprising little effectiveness of cooperative algorithms in parallel problem solving

Sandro M. Reia, Larissa F. Aquino, José F. Fontanari

Biological and cultural inspired optimization algorithms are nowadays part of the basic toolkit of a great many research domains. By mimicking processes in nature and animal societ…

physics.soc-ph2019

Comfort-driven mobility produces spatial fragmentation in Axelrod's model

Sandro M. Reia, Paulo F. Gomes, José F. Fontanari

Axelrod's model for the dissemination of culture combines two key ingredients of social dynamics: social influence, through which people become more similar when they interact, and…

cs.MA2019

Policies for allocation of information in task-oriented groups: elitism and egalitarianism outperform welfarism

Sandro M. Reia, Paulo F. Gomes, José F. Fontanari

Communication or influence networks are probably the most controllable of all factors that are known to impact on the problem-solving capability of task-forces. In the case connect…

cs.MA20183 cited

Individual decision making in task-oriented groups

Sandro M. Reia, Paulo F. Gomes, José F. Fontanari

The strategies adopted by individuals to select relevant information to pass on are central to understanding problem solving by groups. Here we use agent-based simulations to revis…

cs.MA2018

Agent-based models of collective intelligence

Sandro M. Reia, André C. Amado, José F. Fontanari

Collective or group intelligence is manifested in the fact that a team of cooperating agents can solve problems more efficiently than when those agents work in isolation. Although…