2008/04/30 by Tore Opsahl, Vittoria Colizza, Pietro Panzarasa +2 · 3 citations
Decision Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Artificial intelligence #Biology #Club #Complex Network Analysis Techniques #Complex network #Complex system #Computer science #Control (management) #Game Theory and Applications #Hierarchical control system #Hierarchical organization #Hierarchy #Law #Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence #Physics #Political science #Scale (ratio) #World Wide Web #cond-mat.stat-mech #physics.data-an #physics.soc-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.101.168702
published as Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 168702 (2008) · 4 pages, 3 figs
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Complex systems are often characterized by large-scale hierarchical organizations. Whether the prominent elements, at the top of the hierarchy, share and control resources or avoid one another lies at the heart of a system's global organization and functioning. Inspired by network perspectives, we propose a new general framework for studying the tendency of prominent elements to form clubs with exclusive control over the majority of a system's resources. We explore associations between prominence and control in the fields of transportation, scientific collaboration, and online communication.