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Collective Behaviour of People

An essay on the applications of statistical physics to humans

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Complexity from Microscopic to Macroscopic Scales: Coherence and Large Deviations

Part of the book series: NATO Science Series ((NAII,volume 63))

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Abstract

There has been a recent boost in the application of ideas/methods/result of statistical physics to a wide range of phenomena ocurring outside of the realm of the non-living world. Examples include models developed for biological macrom-elecules, bacteria colonies and, among others, for the various group activities of people. Here, in the form of an essay, we shall give a somewhat subjective account of the potential applications, involving the interpretation of such human activities as group motion, network formation and synchronization.

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  1. Department of Biological Physics, Eotvos University, Pazmany p. Stny 1A, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary

    T. Vicsek

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  1. Institute for Energy Technology, Kjeller, Norway

    A. T. Skjeltorp

  2. Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Norway

    A. T. Skjeltorp

  3. Department of Biological Physics, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary

    T. Vicsek

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Vicsek, T. (2002). Collective Behaviour of People. In: Skjeltorp, A.T., Vicsek, T. (eds) Complexity from Microscopic to Macroscopic Scales: Coherence and Large Deviations. NATO Science Series, vol 63. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0419-0_10

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