How long does it take a society to learn a new term?
| dc.creator | Raeisi, Sadegh | |
| dc.date | 2008-07-28 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T09:53:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T09:53:15Z | |
| dc.description | In this paper, I study the diffusion of new terms, called neologism, in social networks. I consider it as an example of information dynamics on networks and I hope that solving this problem can help us to understand and describe the information dynamics problem. To do so I develop a phenomenological model for the diffusion mechanism. I find an analytical relationship between number of people in the society who has learned the term and time taken. The Network parameters are imported in this analytical solution. I also present some simulation for this mechanism for several sample and some real networks which confirms the analytical results. In addition, I study the effects of network topology on diffusion process. | |
| dc.description | 6 pages, 7 figures | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0807.4378 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0807.4378 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/165887 | |
| dc.subject | Physics and Society | |
| dc.title | How long does it take a society to learn a new term? | |
| dc.type | text |