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Human and Social Dynamics Principal Investiagators Meeting 9-16-2005
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Network Topology and the Dynamics of Collective Action
Michael Macy, Cornell University
with Damon Centola, Cornell University
and Víctor M. Eguíluz, Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados
Human and Social Dynamics Principal Investiagators Meeting 9-16-2005
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Three components
1. Computational models of cascades in small world networks
2. Interdisciplinary graduate seminar
3. International workshop on “Games, Cascades, and Networks,” New York City, October 7-9, 2005
Human and Social Dynamics Principal Investiagators Meeting 9-16-2005
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A Surprising Finding…
Previous studies: a few random ties allow disease to spread as quickly on clustered networks as on a purely random network.
But many social contagions require exposure to multiple sources of activation.
Does the “small world” principle generalize from epidemics to diffusion of behavioral changes promoted by public health policies?
Effects of rewiring on propagation rate, by threshold TDisease or information
Complex contagionBehavior change
Effects of Random Ties on Diffusion
Human and Social Dynamics Principal Investiagators Meeting 9-16-2005
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“Games, Networks, and Cascades”
Physicists, mathematicians, computer scientists, economists, and sociologists
The Netherlands, UK, Spain, Italy, and the United States
Human and Social Dynamics Principal Investiagators Meeting 9-16-2005
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Time’s Up!
"In the future, everybody will be famous for
15 3 minutes." -- Andy
Warhol