Iacopini, I;
Di Bona, G;
Ubaldi, E;
Loreto, V;
Latora, V;
(2020)
Interacting Discovery Processes on Complex Networks.
Physical Review Letters
, 125
(24)
, Article 248301. 10.1103/physrevlett.125.248301.
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Abstract
Innovation is the driving force of human progress. Recent urn models reproduce well the dynamics through which the discovery of a novelty may trigger further ones, in an expanding space of opportunities, but neglect the effects of social interactions. Here we focus on the mechanisms of collective exploration, and we propose a model in which many urns, representing different explorers, are coupled through the links of a social network and exploit opportunities coming from their contacts. We study different network structures showing, both analytically and numerically, that the pace of discovery of an explorer depends on its centrality in the social network. Our model sheds light on the role that social structures play in discovery processes.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Interacting Discovery Processes on Complex Networks |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1103/physrevlett.125.248301 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.248301 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10128884 |
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