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Graphs are a standard framework for describing dynamical processes shaped by pairwise interactions among agents. But many systems involve interactions in groups of three or more agents. Here, we develop a method of "$\ell$-hyperedge…

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People's opinions evolve over time as they interact with their friends, family, colleagues, and others. In the study of opinion dynamics on networks, one often encodes interactions between people in the form of dyadic relationships, but…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2021-08-11 Abigail Hickok , Yacoub Kureh , Heather Z. Brooks , Michelle Feng , Mason A. Porter

This article starts by introducing a new theoretical framework to model spatial systems which is obtained from the framework of interacting particle systems by replacing the traditional graphical structure that defines the network of…

Probability · Mathematics 2015-06-12 Nicolas Lanchier , Jared Neufer

Hypergraphs naturally represent higher-order interactions, which persistently appear from social interactions to neural networks and other natural systems. Although their importance is well recognized, a theoretical framework to describe…

Physics and Society · Physics 2020-05-25 Guilherme Ferraz de Arruda , Michele Tizzani , Yamir Moreno

Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) have been emerging as a promising method for relational representation including recommender systems. However, various challenging issues of social graphs hinder the practical usage of GNNs for social…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2019-08-08 Kyung-Min Kim , Donghyun Kwak , Hanock Kwak , Young-Jin Park , Sangkwon Sim , Jae-Han Cho , Minkyu Kim , Jihun Kwon , Nako Sung , Jung-Woo Ha

The adaptive voter model allows for studying the interplay between homophily, the tendency of like-minded individuals to attract each other, and social influence, the tendency for connected individuals to influence each other. However, it…

Physics and Society · Physics 2023-03-21 Nikos Papanikolaou , Renaud Lambiotte , Giacomo Vaccario

Disease spreading models such as the ubiquitous SIS compartmental model and its numerous variants are widely used to understand and predict the behaviour of a given epidemic or information diffusion process. A common approach to imbue more…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-11-18 Eugene Tan , Michael Small , Shannon D. Algar

Higher-order dynamics refer to mechanisms where collective mutual or synchronous interactions differ fundamentally from their pairwise counterparts through the concept of many-body interactions. Phenomena absent in pairwise models, such as…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-09-25 Hugo P. Maia , Wesley Cota , Yamir Moreno , Silvio C. Ferreira

Population structure affects the outcome of natural selection. Static population structures can be described by graphs, where individuals occupy the nodes, and interactions occur along the edges. General conditions for evolutionary success…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2020-01-08 Benjamin Allen , Gabor Lippner , Martin A. Nowak

Complex networked systems in fields such as physics, biology, and social sciences often involve interactions that extend beyond simple pairwise ones. Hypergraphs serve as powerful modeling tools for describing and analyzing the intricate…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-07-25 Emilio Cruciani , Emanuela L. Giacomelli , Jinyeop Lee

The graph invariant examined in this paper is the largest eigenvalue of the adjacency matrix of a graph. Previous work demonstrates the tight relationship between this invariant, the birth and death rate of a contagion spreading on the…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2022-10-27 V. Cherniavskyi , G. Dennis , S. R. Kingan

We study the dynamics of the Naming Game [Baronchelli et al., (2006) J. Stat. Mech.: Theory Exp. P06014] in empirical social networks. This stylized agent-based model captures essential features of agreement dynamics in a network of…

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This paper studies controlling segregation in social networks via exogenous incentives. We construct an edge formation game on a directed graph. A user (node) chooses the probability with which it forms an inter- or intra- community edge…

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A key ingredient in social contagion dynamics is reinforcement, as adopting a certain social behavior requires verification of its credibility and legitimacy. Memory of non-redundant information plays an important role in reinforcement,…

Physics and Society · Physics 2015-07-29 Wei Wang , Ming Tang , Hai-Feng Zhang , Ying-Cheng Lai

We introduce group-based compartmental modeling (GBCM), a mean-field framework for irreversible contagion in higher-order networks that captures structural heterogeneity and correlations across group sizes. Validated through numerical…

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Hypergraphs, capable of representing high-order interactions via hyperedges, have become a powerful tool for modeling real-world biological and social systems. Inherent relationships within these real-world systems, such as the encoding…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-05-09 Li Ni , Ziqi Deng , Lin Mu , Lei Zhang , Wenjian Luo , Yiwen Zhang

The spread of ideas, behaviors, and technologies generally depends on feedback mechanisms operating across multiple scales. Previous studies have extensively examined pairwise transmission and local reinforcement. However, the role of…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-12-18 Leyang Xue , Kai-Cheng Yang , Peng-Bi Cui , Zengru Di

Recent years have witnessed the emerging success of graph neural networks (GNNs) for modeling structured data. However, most GNNs are designed for homogeneous graphs, in which all nodes and edges belong to the same types, making them…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-03-04 Ziniu Hu , Yuxiao Dong , Kuansan Wang , Yizhou Sun

This paper surveys mathematical models, structural results and algorithms in controlled sensing with social learning in social networks. Part 1, namely Bayesian Social Learning with Controlled Sensing addresses the following questions: How…

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