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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300541403321

Autore

Karsai Márton

Titolo

Bursty Human Dynamics / / by Márton Karsai, Hang-Hyun Jo, Kimmo Kaski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-68540-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVI, 121 p. 17 illus., 16 illus. in color.)

Collana

Understanding Complex Systems, , 2191-5326

Disciplina

302

Soggetti

Sociophysics

Econophysics

Data mining

Statistical physics

Data structures (Computer science)

Communication

Data-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Building

Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery

Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory

Data Structures

Communication Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Measures and characterisations -- 3. Empirical findings in human bursty dynamics -- 4. Models and mechanicsms of bursty behaviour -- 5. Dynamical processes on bursty systems -- 6. Discussion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a comprehensive overview on emergent bursty patterns in the dynamics of human behaviour. It presents common and alternative understanding of the investigated phenomena, and points out open questions worthy of further investigations. The book is structured as follows. In the introduction the authors discuss the motivation of the field, describe bursty phenomena in case of human behaviour, and relate it to other disciplines. The second chapter



addresses the measures commonly used to characterise heterogeneous signals, bursty human dynamics, temporal paths, and correlated behaviour. These definitions are first introduced to set the basis for the discussion of the third chapter about the observations of bursty human patterns in the dynamics of individuals, dyadic interactions, and collective behaviour. The subsequent fourth chapter discusses the models of bursty human dynamics. Various mechanisms have been proposed about the source of the heterogeneities in human dynamics, which leads to the introduction of conceptually different modelling approaches. The authors address all of these perspectives objectively, highlight their strengths and shortcomings, and mention possible extensions to them. The fifth chapter addresses the effect of individual heterogeneous behaviour on collective dynamics. This question in particular has been investigated in various systems including spreading phenomena, random walks, and opinion formation dynamics. Here the main issues are whether burstiness speeds up or slows down the co-evolving processes, and how burstiness modifies time-dependent paths in the system that determine the spreading patterns of any kind of information or influence. Finally in the sixth chapter the authors end the review with a discussion and future perspectives. It is an ideal book for researchers and students who wish to enter the field of bursty human dynamics or want to expand their knowledge on such phenomena.