An ecological approach to structural flexibility in online communication systems

oleh: María J. Palazzi, Albert Solé-Ribalta, Violeta Calleja-Solanas, Sandro Meloni, Carlos A. Plata, Samir Suweis, Javier Borge-Holthoefer

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-03-01

Deskripsi

Human perceptual and cognitive abilities are limited resources and consequently cheaply available information translates into hypercompetition for rewarding outcomes. Here the authors show, with empirical analysis and an ecological model, that actors-memes ecosystems evolve towards a narrow set of emergent, natural network patterns.