Recent decades have seen a rise in the use of physics methods to study different societal
phenomena. This development has been due to physicists venturing outside of their …

Over the past two decades, complex network theory provided the ideal framework for
investigating the intimate relationships between the topological properties characterizing the …

The power of any kind of network approach lies in the ability to simplify a complex system so
that one can better understand its function as a whole. Sometimes it is beneficial, however …

Network analysis is a powerful tool that provides us a fruitful framework to describe
phenomena related to social, technological, and many other real-world complex systems. In …

Historically, infectious diseases caused considerable damage to human societies, and they
continue to do so today. To help reduce their impact, mathematical models of disease …

Social systems are in a constant state of flux, with dynamics spanning from minute-by-minute
changes to patterns present on the timescale of years. Accurate models of social dynamics …

Face-to-face contacts between individuals contribute to shape social networks and play an
important role in determining how infectious diseases can spread within a population. It is …

Persistence is an important characteristic of many complex systems in nature, related to how
long the system remains at a certain state before changing to a different one. The study of …

The interaction between disease and disease information on complex networks has
facilitated an interdisciplinary research area. When a disease begins to spread in the …

The global financial system can be represented as a large complex network in which banks,
hedge funds and other financial institutions are interconnected to each other through visible …