Aiyappa et al., "Emergence of simple and complex contagion dynamics from weighted belief networks" (2024)

2024-04-12 → 2026-08-14

Rachith Aiyappa, Alessandro Flammini, and Yong-Yeol Ahn, Science Advances 10, eadh4439 (2024)
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@article{aiyappa2024weighted,
    author = {Rachith Aiyappa and Alessandro Flammini and Yong-Yeol Ahn},
    title = {Emergence of simple and complex contagion dynamics from weighted belief networks},
    journal = {Science Advances},
    volume = {10},
    pages = {eadh4439},
    archivePrefix = {arXiv},
    eprint = {2301.02368},
    primaryClass = {cs.SI},
    doi = {10.1126/sciadv.adh4439},
    year = {2024},
}

Models interacting beliefs as a weighted network in which both simple and complex contagion can emerge from the same cognitive dynamics. The model also explains how resistance to adoption can arise from interactions among beliefs.

Belief network, Social contagion

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