Exploring Social Phenomena with Complex Systems Tools

This thesis explores the problems raised by the aggregation of entities into a global, collective level, an old problem encountered in many fields of science. We work on three projects related to the aggregation problem in social systems, using tools derived from statistical physics, and more genera...

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Main Author: Grauwin, Sébastian
Language:ENG
Published: Ecole normale supérieure de lyon - ENS LYON 2011
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Online Access:http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00662484
http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/66/24/84/PDF/GRAUWIN_Sebastian_2011_These.pdf