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194 papers in physics.soc-ph · page 1
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Costly signals sustain cooperation by the responses they trigger
The Co-evolution of Costly Signaling and Cooperation in Social Dilemmas
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Grid frequency barrier grows as inertia declines
Stochastic Modeling of Power-Grid Frequency Fluctuations in Low-Inertia Systems via a Gaussian-Core Potential and Superstatistics
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Minimal EMPs optimize accuracy in tree networks
Optimal excitation and measurement patterns for networks with tree topology
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Analytical reproduction numbers from correlated traits on networks
The interplay of network structure and correlated infectious traits in epidemic models
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Groups modeled as dynamical systems via behavioral fields
BEHAVE: A Hybrid AI Framework for Real-Time Modeling of Collective Human Dynamics
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Environment drives 27-134 times more outcome variance than traits
Empirical Confirmation of the Environmental-Dominance Inequality A direct decomposition of Var(ln \r{ho}eff ) across four levels of aggregation
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Network topology shifts critical point in triplet opinion model
Topology-dependent criticality in triplet majority-rule dynamics with collective reversal
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Caribbean synchrotron breaks even before retirement
Cities of Knowledge and Big Science in Developing Countries: Luxury or Investment? The GCLSI Case
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Physicists' survey finds narrow majorities on many big questions
Big Mysteries Survey: Physicists' Views on Cosmology, Black Holes, Quantum Mechanics, and Quantum Gravity
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Multi-issue attitude changes exceed random models at fine resolutions
Network-Normative Belief Updating in High-Dimensional Ideological Space
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Conformity locks aligned AI agents into stable misalignment
Conformity Generates Collective Misalignment in AI Agents Societies
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Bias outweighs neighbor coupling in LLM agent groups
Collective Alignment in LLM Multi-Agent Systems: Disentangling Bias from Cooperation via Statistical Physics
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DREAMS tool cuts time for DRM model creation and revision
DREAMS: Modelling Support for Research into Engineering and Artistic Design
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Highest-earner imitation stops fluctuating in large groups
From Discrete to Continuous Highest-earning Imitation Dynamics
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Two-party systems reduce polarization even with bimodal voters
A computational model of spatial politics: Hotelling-Downs model as statistical physics
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Willed agents catalyze cooperation where rational maximizers fail
Modeling Decision-Making with Will for Cooperation in Social Dilemmas
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Universal scales of amenity clustering and mixing found in 800 cities
Networks of amenities reveal universal homophily and heterophily across global cities
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Multiple weak links multiply to constrain team performance
Is a team only as strong as its weakest link? Quantifying the short-board effect with AI Agents
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LLMs created over 146,000 fake citations in 2025 science papers
LLM hallucinations in the wild: Large-scale evidence from non-existent citations
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Papal names follow random copying rule across 2000 years
Quo nomine vis vocari? A random-copying model explains the temporal sequence of papal names
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Model links physical power to societal complexity
Societal Complexity and Physical Power
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Climate anomalies synchronize dengue outbreaks across Brazilian cities
Climate and dengue synchronization in southern Brazil: a municipal analysis with cross-state validation
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Asymmetric coupling sustains imbalance in open networks below transition temperature
Persistent Imbalance in Open Networks with Coevolutionary dynamics
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Trade isolation could cut global calories by 22%
Cascading disruptions in natural gas, fertilizers, and crops drive structural food supply vulnerabilities globally
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Pairwise models can mask higher-order interactions in ecology
Higher-order interactions in ecology can be hidden in plain sight
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Bipartite imbalance reshapes scales but leaves scaling laws fixed
Two-mode geometry controls multiscale organization in bipartite systems
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Chilled meat transport cuts cold-chain costs by up to 23%
Mobile Cold Energy Storage: Coupling Food Distribution and Energy Systems
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Congestion drives most extra EV HVAC energy use
Compound effects of traffic and climate on electric vehicle HVAC energy consumption: a spatiotemporal framework with city-level attribution
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Pedestrian arrivals show multifractal scaling over broad timescales
The multi-fractal nature of pedestrian arrival times
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Tumor perfusion patterns become indistinguishable at breast surface
Thermal-signature equivalence of breast tumors with heterogeneous perfusion in a modified Pennes bioheat model
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Partial population data wins in parallel minority games
Local and global optimization in Parallel Minority Games
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Gated model fuses text, maps and tables to score building efficiency
Gated Multimodal Learning for Interpretable Property Energy Performance Prediction and Retrofit Scenario Analysis
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MDL method finds spatial regions and their time series drivers
Scalable inference of spatial regions and temporal signatures from time series
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Lithium enrichment turns fusion fuel into capital cost
Lithium enrichment threatens to curb fusion deployment
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Bayesian regression recovers hypergraphs from noisy scarce dynamics
Bayesian hypergraph inference from scarce and noisy dynamical observations
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Multiplex networks enable new collective behaviors via three mechanisms
Dynamical processes and emergent behaviors in multiplex networks
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Cities show phase transitions in traffic congestion
Thermodynamic phase transitions reveal the resilience structure of urban traffic congestion
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Supervision preferences and confrontation control rumor spread
Rumor Propagation and Supervision during Confrontation: An Importance-Driven SIRQS Network Model
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Supervisor count and confrontation rules control rumor spread
Rumor Propagation and Supervision during Confrontation: An Importance-Driven SIRQS Network Model
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Commit time series alpha flags software stability
Long-Range Correlation in Code Commit Dynamics as a Novel Indicator of Software Product Stability: A Detrended Fluctuation Analysis Study
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Decomposition isolates synergistic causality via maximum-entropy interventions
Partial Effective Information Decomposition for Synergistic Causality
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Opinions on AI in physics compiled to seed community talks
AI and the Research-Education Environment of Physics
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Spectral targeting reduces contagion only in random hypergraphs
Targeted Disruption of Hypernetworks via Spectral Partitioning
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Vishap stone locations indicate unified society in 4000 BC Armenia
Vishap epoch unitary society in Armenian Highlands, c. 4000 BC: data analysis consequences
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Decentralized rules support safe 3D drone traffic
On Traffic Interactions for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Traffic Flow Applied to Three Dimensional Space
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Opportunity density variance dominates success by 100-1000 times
The Dominance of Environment over Entity's Capabilities
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Game theory models awareness to steer collective decisions
Awareness in collective decision-making: Modeling and control in a game-theoretic framework
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Walks on stable-tech networks reproduce four discovery laws
Adjacent Possible Innovation Dynamics on Local Optima Networks
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Slightly subcritical agents enable collective criticality
Emergent Macro-Criticality from Micro-Critical Agents
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Controlled approximation solves network master equations analytically
Analytical Framework for the Approximate Master Equation