A threshold model of social contagion process for evacuation decision making

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1590-1605

  Hasan, Samiul ^a   Ukkusuri, Satish V ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex networks; Contagion model; Evacuation decision making; Network science; Warning propagation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; DECISION MAKING; MIXING;

CASCADE SIZES; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; NETWORK SCIENCE; SINGLE-AGENT; SOCIAL INFLUENCE; STRENGTH OF TIES; THRESHOLD MODEL;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 80455174677     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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