Relevant Publications

Recently, quantitative modelling in the social and economic sciences, in particular with methods from statistical physics and non-linear dynamics, is spreading quickly. In the following, we provide a list of selected publications in Nature, Science, PNAS, or Physical Review Letters, of introductory books or of milestone papers with more than 100 citations. Given the time we could spend on this list, it will certainly be incomplete. Therefore, if you think, any further publications fulfilling the above criteria should be listed below, please send an email to Jörg Reichardt including the exact reference in the format given below, the section in which it should be listed, and the link to the pdf file of the paper on the publisher's webpage. Thank you for your help!

 

Complex Systems from a Global Perspective

A. S. Mikhailov, V. Calenbuhr, From Cells to Societies, Springer (2006).

V. Grimm et al., Pattern-oriented modeling of agent-based complex systems: Lessons from ecology, Science 310, 987-991 (2005).

L. H. Hartwell, J. J. Hopfield and A. W. Murray, From molecular to modular cell biology, Nature 402, c47-c52 (1999).

P. W. Anderson, More is different, Science 177, 393-396 (1972).

M. Rosvall, A. Trusina, P. Minnhagen, and K. Sneppen, Networks and Cities: An Information Perspective, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 028701 (2005).

 

Social Systems

Opinions and Decisions

Santo Fortunato and Claudio Castellano, Scaling and universality in proportional elections, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 138701 (2007).

P. L. Krapivsky and S. Redner, Dynamics of majority rule in two-state interacting spin Systems, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 238701 (2003).

E. Brandstätter, G. Gigerenzer and R. Hertwig, The priority heuristic: making choices without trade-offs, Phychol. Rev. 113, 409-432 (2006).

Origin and Evolution of Cooperation

M. A. Nowak, Five rules for the evolution of cooperation, Science 314, 1560-1563 (2006).

M. Burtsev and P. Turchin, Evolution of cooperative strategies from first principles, Nature 440, 1041-1044 (2006).

M. A. Nowak and K. Sigmund, Evolution of indirect reciprocity by image scoring, Nature 393, 573-577 (1998).

R. L. Riolo et al., Evolution of cooperation without reciprocity, Nature 414, 441-443 (2001).

C. Hauert and M. Doebell, Spatial structure often inhibits the evolution of cooperation in the snow drift game, Nature 428, 643-645 (2004).

C. Hauert et al., Volunteering as red queen mechanism for cooperation in public goods games, Science 296, 1129-1132 (2002).

A. Traulsen and M. A. Nowak, Evolution of cooperation by multilevel selection, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103, 10952-10955 (2006).

J. M. McNamara et al., Variation in behavior promotes cooperation in the Prisoner's Dilemma game, Nature 428, 745-748 (2004).

Segregation and Migration

R. J. Sampson, S. W. Raudenbush and F. Earls, Neighborhoods and violent crime: A multilevel study of collective efficacy, Science 277, 918-924 (1997).

E. E. Bruch and R. D. Mare, Neighborhood choice and neighborhood change, AJS 112, 667-709 (2006).

M. J. Salganik, et al., Experimental study of inequality and unpredictability in an artificial cultural market, Science 311, 854-856 (2006).

I. D. Chase et al., Individual difference versus social dynamics in the formation of animal dominance hierarchies, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (2002).

P. Berthold et al., Rapid microevolution of migratory behavior in a wild bird species, Nature 360, 668-670 (1992).

B. Herrmann et al., Antisocial punishment across societies, Science 319, 1362-1367 (2008).

L. R. Taylor and R. A. J. Taylor, Aggregation, migration and population mechanics, Nature 265, 415-420 (1977).

T. Reichenbach et al., Mobility promotes an jeopardizes biodiversity in rock-paper-scissors games, Nature 448, 1046-1049 (2007).

T. C. Schelling, Dynamic models of segregation, Journal Of Mathematical Sociology 1(2), 143-186 (1971).

Social Norms

O. Uererk, B. Irlenbusch and B. Rockenbach, The competitive advantage of sanctioning institutions, Science 312, 108-111 (2006).

B. K. Casas, et al., Getting to know you: reputation and trust in a two-person economic exchange, Science 308, 78-83 (2005).

M. Milinski D. Semmann and H. J. Krambeck, Reputation helps solve the tragedy of commons, Nature 415, 424-426 (2002).

J. M. Epstein, Modeling civil violence: An agent-based computational approach, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99, 7243-7250 (2002).

T. C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, (1960).

R. L. Matsueda, Kreager, D. A. & Huizinga, D., Deterring Delinquents: A Rational Choice Model of Theft and Violence, American Sociological Review 71, 95-122 (2006).

C. F. Turner; Ku, L.; Rogers, S. M.; Lindberg, L. D.; Pleck, J. H. & Sonenstein, F. L. (1998), Adolescent Sexual Behavior, Drug Use, and Violence: Increased Reporting with Computer Survey Technology, Science 280, 867-873.

A. Diekmann (2003), The Power of Reciprocity. Fairness, Reciprocity and Stakes in Variants of the Dictator Game, Journal of Conflict Resolution 48(4), 487-505.

Dynamics of Groups and Organizations

L. D. Couzin, et al., Effective leadership and decision-making in animal groups on the move, Nature 433, 513-516 (2005).

T. C. Schelling, Micromotives and Macrobehavior (Norton, New York, 1978).

A. Traulsen, J. C. Claussen, and C. Hauert, Coevolutionary Dynamics: From Finite to Infinite Populations, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 238701 (2005).

A. Traulsen, T. Röhl, and H. G. Schuster, Stochastic Gain in Population Dynamics, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 028701 (2004).

Evolution of Language and Culture

R. Selten and M. Warglien, The emergence of simple languages in an experimental coordination game, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104, 7361-7366 (2007).

L. Castro and M. A. Toro, The evolution of culture: From primate social learning to human culture, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101, 10235-10240 (2004).

Spreading Phenomena

R. Pastor-Satorras and A. Vespignani, Epidemic Spreading in Scale-Free Networks, Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 3200 - 3203 (2001).

Traffic

D. Helbing, A. Hennecke, and M. Treiber, Phase diagram of traffic states in the presence of inhomogeneities, Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 4360 - 4363 (1999).

B. S. Kerner, Experimental features of self-organization in traffic flow, Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3797 - 3800 (1998).

D. Helbing and M. Treiber, Gas-kinetic-based traffic model explaining observed hysteretic phase transition, Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3042 - 3045 (1998).

B. S. Kerner and H. Rehborn, Experimental properties of phase transitions in traffic flow, Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 4030 - 4033 (1997).

 

Economic Systems

Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, Andrew Matacz, and Marc Potters, Leverage effect in financial markets: The retarded volatility model, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 228701 (2001).

A. Krawiecki, J. A. Holyst, and D. Helbing, Volatility clustering and scaling for financial time series due to attractor bubbling, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 158701 (2002).

Structural Properties of Complex Sytems

Structural Properties of Complex Systems

M. E. Newman, S. H. Strogatz, and D. J. Watts, Random graphs with arbitrary degree distributions and their applications, Phys. Rev. E 64, 026118 (2001).

S. H. Yook, H. Jeong, A.-L. Barabási, and Y. Tu, Weighted evolving networks, Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 5835 - 5838 (2001).

E. R. and A.-L. Barabási, Hierarchical organization in complex networks, Phys. Rev. E 67, 026112 (2003).

A. Vázquez, R. Pastor-Satorras, and A. Vespignani, Large-scale topological and dynamical properties of the Internet, Phys. Rev. E 65, 066130 (2002).

J. Reichardt and S. Bornholdt, Detecting fuzzy community structures in complex networks with a Potts model, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 218701 (2004).

Dynamical Properties of Complex Systems

M. Nykter, N. D. Price, A. Larjo, T. Aho, S. A. Kauffman, O. Yli-Harja, and I. Shmulevich, Critical networks exhibit maximal information diversity in structure-dynamics relationships, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 058702 (2008).

R. Pastor-Satorras, A. Vázquez, and A. Vespignani, Dynamical and correlation properties of the internet, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 258701 (2001).

M. Barahona and L. M. Pecora, Synchronization in small-world systems, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 054101 (2002).

V. Latora and M. Marchiori, Efficient behavior of small-world networks, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 198701 (2001).

Vulnerability, Robustness and Resilience of Complex Systems

I. Simonsen, L. Buzna, K. Peters, S. Bornholdt, and D. Helbing, Transient dynamics increasing network vulnerability to cascading failures, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 218701 (2008).

F. Li et al., The yeast cell-cycle network is robustly designed, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101, 4781-4786 (2004).

K. Yamasaki, A. Gozolchiani, and S. Havlin, Climate networks around the globe are significantly affected by El Niño, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 228501 (2008).