%0 Journal Article %1 Castellano2009Statistical %A Castellano, Claudio %A Fortunato, Santo %A Loreto, Vittorio %D 2009 %I American Physical Society %J Reviews of Modern Physics %K statistical-physics critical-phenomena social-networks review %N 2 %P 591--646 %R 10.1103/revmodphys.81.591 %T Statistical physics of social dynamics %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/revmodphys.81.591 %V 81 %X Statistical physics has proven to be a fruitful framework to describe phenomena outside the realm of traditional physics. Recent years have witnessed an attempt by physicists to study collective phenomena emerging from the interactions of individuals as elementary units in social structures. A wide list of topics are reviewed ranging from opinion and cultural and language dynamics to crowd behavior, hierarchy formation, human dynamics, and social spreading. The connections between these problems and other, more traditional, topics of statistical physics are highlighted. Comparison of model results with empirical data from social systems are also emphasized.

@article{Castellano2009Statistical, abstract = {{Statistical physics has proven to be a fruitful framework to describe phenomena outside the realm of traditional physics. Recent years have witnessed an attempt by physicists to study collective phenomena emerging from the interactions of individuals as elementary units in social structures. A wide list of topics are reviewed ranging from opinion and cultural and language dynamics to crowd behavior, hierarchy formation, human dynamics, and social spreading. The connections between these problems and other, more traditional, topics of statistical physics are highlighted. Comparison of model results with empirical data from social systems are also emphasized.}}, added-at = {2019-06-10T14:53:09.000+0200}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, author = {Castellano, Claudio and Fortunato, Santo and Loreto, Vittorio}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2ebbe8bc2f041737ca12d0d8e4171e672/nonancourt}, citeulike-article-id = {1785135}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0710.3256}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/0710.3256}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/revmodphys.81.591}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/RMP/v81/i2/p591}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://link.aps.org/pdf/RMP/v81/i2/p591}, day = 11, doi = {10.1103/revmodphys.81.591}, eprint = {0710.3256}, interhash = {c2a989ec9f6184e78b70e033d1a358de}, intrahash = {ebbe8bc2f041737ca12d0d8e4171e672}, issn = {0034-6861}, journal = {Reviews of Modern Physics}, keywords = {statistical-physics critical-phenomena social-networks review}, month = may, number = 2, pages = {591--646}, posted-at = {2011-06-21 16:57:09}, priority = {2}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, timestamp = {2019-07-31T12:52:03.000+0200}, title = {{Statistical physics of social dynamics}}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/revmodphys.81.591}, volume = 81, year = 2009 }