Surges of Collective Human Activity Emerge from Simple Pairwise Correlations

Human populations exhibit complex behaviors—characterized by long-range correlations and surges in activity—across a range of social, political, and technological contexts. Yet it remains unclear where these collective behaviors come from or if there even exists a set of unifying principles. Indeed,...

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Main Authors: Christopher W. Lynn, Lia Papadopoulos, Daniel D. Lee, Danielle S. Bassett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2019-02-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.9.011022