Robust dynamic classes revealed by measuring the response function of a social system

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 41, 2008, Pages 15649-15653

  Crane, Riley ^a   Sornette, Didier ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Complex systems; Human dynamics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LAW; LEISURE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL NETWORK; TIME PERCEPTION; VIDEORECORDING;

HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SYSTEMS THEORY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57349194232     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0803685105     Document Type: Article

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