Fractal multi-level organisation of human groups in a virtual world

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Fuchs, Benedikt ^a   Sornette, Didier ^b   Thurner, Stefan ^a,c,d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ALGORITHMS; FRACTALS; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84923373621     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06526     Document Type: Article

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