2 papers
math.HO2025
Modeling Social Systems: Transparency, Reproducibility, and Responsibility
Maximino Aldana, Roni Barak Ventura, Heather Z. Brooks +13
Mathematical models of complex social systems can enrich social scientific theory, inform interventions, and shape policy. From voting behavior to economic inequality and urban dev…
physics.soc-ph2024
An "Opinion Reproduction Number" for Infodemics in a Bounded-Confidence Content-Spreading Process on Networks
Heather Z. Brooks, Mason A. Porter
We study the spreading dynamics of content on networks. To do this, we use a model in which content spreads through a bounded-confidence mechanism. In a bounded-confidence model (B…