The power of a good idea: Quantitative modeling of the spread of ideas from epidemiological models

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 364, Issue , 2006, Pages 513-536

  Bettencourt, Luís M A ^a   Cintrón Arias, Ariel ^b,c   Kaiser, David I ^d   Castillo Chávez, Carlos ^b,c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiological models; Rumor models; Scientific idea diffusion; Transition parameter estimation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MODELS; RUMOR MODELS; SCIENTIFIC IDEA-DIFFUSION; TRANSITION PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

EID: 33645136546     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2005.08.083     Document Type: Article

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