Category Archives: Social Networks

Game Theory on Networks: An In Silico Laboratory

Dan Katz, from Michigan Political Science, the Center for the Study of Complex Systems, and Computational Legal Studies, is including a simulation platform that I wrote in NetLogo as part of the curriculum at the ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political … Continue reading

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Narrative Networks, Social Identity and Complexity in Collective Action

I recently gave a NSF sponsored talk at Duke Computer Science in conjunction with the HarambeeNet SocialNets in Education Project.  I raised the question regarding the evolution of cooperative behavior beyond a certain level of social complexity and suggested that … Continue reading

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