From public outrage to the burst of public violence: An epidemic-like model

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 416, Issue , 2014, Pages 620-630

  Nizamani, Sarwat ^a,b   Memon, Nasrullah ^a,c   Galam, Serge ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SINDH   (Pakistan)

^c MEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^d SCIENCES PO   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemic modeling; Opinion dynamics; Public violence; Sociophysics

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

CLASSICAL MODEL; EPIDEMIC MODELING; INTERNAL DYNAMICS; OPINION DYNAMICS; POLITICAL DECISION; PUBLIC VIOLENCE; SOCIOPHYSICS;

ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 84907546110     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2014.09.006     Document Type: Article

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