Network Theory of Human Decision Making

Abstract

This research work has established a close connection between the brain's function and the function of cooperative sociological systems. In both cases cooperation is the source of long-range interaction enabling the transfer of information from one subset of the system to another in spite of large Euclidean distances. This sheds light into the intelligence of a swarm and explains at the same time the surprising role that committed minorities may have to establish the consensus of a given society. It is also expected that these results may shed light into the origin of cognition.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 14, 2012
Accession Number
ADA577893

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  • Bruce J. West
  • Paolo Grigolini

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  • University of North Texas

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  • Energy and Power Technologies

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