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Título
Mixing and diffusion in a two-type population
Año del Documento
2018
Editorial
The Royal Society
Descripción
Producción Científica
Documento Fuente
Royal Society Open Science, 5(2) 172102.
Abstract
The outbreak of epidemics, the rise of religious radicalization or the motivational influence of fellow students in classrooms are some of the issues that can be described as diffusion processes in heterogeneous groups. Understanding the role that interaction patterns between groups (e.g. homophily or segregation) play in the diffusion of certain traits or behaviours is a major challenge for contemporary societies. Here, we study the impact on diffusion processes of mixing (or, alternatively, segregating) two groups that present different sensitivities or propensities to contagion. We find non-monotonic effects of mixing and inefficient segregation levels, i.e. situations where a change in the mixing level can benefit both groups, e.g. where an increase in the mixing level can reduce the expected contagion levels in both groups. These findings can have fundamental consequences for the design of inclusion policies.
Palabras Clave
Diffusion
SIS
Homophily
Segregation
Mixing
Contagion
ISSN
2054-5703
Revisión por pares
SI
Patrocinador
FEDER/Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades – Agencia Estatal de Investigación/ _Proyecto ECO2017-83147- C2-1-P.
FEDER/Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades – Agencia Estatal de Investigación/ _Proyecto ECO2017-83147- C2-2-P.
Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (ECO2011-22919)
FEDER/Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades – Agencia Estatal de Investigación/ _Proyecto ECO2017-83147- C2-2-P.
Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (ECO2011-22919)
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Idioma
eng
Tipo de versión
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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openAccess
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