A simple generative model of collective online behavior

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

Volumn 111, Issue 29, 2014, Pages 10411-10415

  Gleeson, James P ^a   Cellai, Davide ^a   Onnela, Jukka Pekka ^b   Porter, Mason A ^c   Reed Tsochas, Felix ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Branching processes; Complex systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLLECTIVE ONLINE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIETY; SOCIOLOGY;

BRANCHING PROCESSES; COMPLEX SYSTEMS;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 84904637610     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1313895111     Document Type: Article

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