Statistical physics of social dynamics

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dc.creatorCastellano, Claudio
dc.creatorFortunato, Santo
dc.creatorLoreto, Vittorio
dc.date2007-10-17
dc.date2009-05-11
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T13:12:53Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T13:12:53Z
dc.descriptionStatistical physics has proven to be a very fruitful framework to describe phenomena outside the realm of traditional physics. The last years have witnessed the attempt by physicists to study collective phenomena emerging from the interactions of individuals as elementary units in social structures. Here we review the state of the art by focusing on a wide list of topics ranging from opinion, cultural and language dynamics to crowd behavior, hierarchy formation, human dynamics, social spreading. We highlight the connections between these problems and other, more traditional, topics of statistical physics. We also emphasize the comparison of model results with empirical data from social systems.
dc.description58 pages, 22 figures. Final version published in Reviews of Modern Physics
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0710.3256
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0710.3256
dc.identifierReviews of Modern Physics 81, 591-646 (2009)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/RevModPhys.81.591
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/229713
dc.subjectPhysics and Society
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.subjectComputational Physics
dc.titleStatistical physics of social dynamics
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