How a "Hit" is Born: The Emergence of Popularity from the Dynamics of Collective Choice

Econophysics and Sociophysics: Trends and Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 417-447

  Sinha, Sitabhra ^a   Pan, Raj Kumar ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Dynamics of collective choice; Econophysics; Emergence of popularity; Models of popularity distribution; Sociophysics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890003884     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527610006.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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