Recent decades have seen a rise in the use of physics methods to study different societal
phenomena. This development has been due to physicists venturing outside of their …

The complexity of many biological, social and technological systems stems from the richness
of the interactions among their units. Over the past decades, a variety of complex systems …

Abstract In 1997, Robert Axelrod wondered in a highly influential paper" If people tend to
become more alike in their beliefs, attitudes, and behavior when they interact, why do not all …

Cette mini-revue présente des extensions du modèle de l'électeur qui intègrent divers
éléments plausibles des processus réels de prise de décision par des individus. Bien que …

Statistical physics has proven to be a fruitful framework to describe phenomena outside the
realm of traditional physics. Recent years have witnessed an attempt by physicists to study …

The availability of large data sets has allowed researchers to uncover complex properties
such as large-scale fluctuations and heterogeneities in many networks, leading to the …

In recent years the increasing availability of computer power and informatics tools has
enabled the gathering of reliable data quantifying the complexity of socio-technical systems …

The strength of weak ties is that they tend to be long—they connect socially distant locations,
allowing information to diffuse rapidly. The authors test whether this “strength of weak ties” …

The combination of the compactness of networks, featuring small diameters, and their
complex architectures results in a variety of critical effects dramatically different from those in …

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