In Honor of Professor Serge Galam for His 70th Birthday and Forty Years of Sociophysics
Sociophysics emerged in the 1980s as a groundbreaking research field, paralleling physicists’ growing interest in understanding complex systems across diverse domains. By adapting methods from statistical physics—originally developed to explain critical phenomena, random systems, and non-equilibrium...
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| description | Sociophysics emerged in the 1980s as a groundbreaking research field, paralleling physicists’ growing interest in understanding complex systems across diverse domains. By adapting methods from statistical physics—originally developed to explain critical phenomena, random systems, and non-equilibrium dynamics—researchers began applying these tools outside the natural sciences. However, tackling economic and social science problems with a physics-based approach, without the foundational laws of conservation or symmetry, posed a formidable challenge. Nevertheless, thanks to the dedication of several pioneering scientists and despite an unavoidable skepticism for novelty, sociophysics is now established as a recognized domain, with a thriving community of researchers and many success stories. Science is about pushing the frontiers of knowledge, and sociophysics exemplifies such an endeavor. Using methods from physics, mathematics, and, increasingly, from computational science, researchers can now ask previously unexplored questions, using rigorous and quantitative tools, so as to develop a new, creative synergy with social scientists. This Special Issue highlights the achievements of sociophysics through cutting-edge contributions from renowned experts. It is dedicated to Serge Galam, a pioneering figure in the field, in celebration of his 70th birthday. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1651942025-08-12T08:11:11Z In Honor of Professor Serge Galam for His 70th Birthday and Forty Years of Sociophysics Martins, André Cheon, Taksu Tang, Xijin Chopard, Bastien Biswas, Soumyajyoti sociophysics voter models stochastic processes polarization consensus mean exit time fluctuations noise faculty hiring network decision-making behavior generative model Biswas–Chatterjee–Sen model Solomon networks finite-size scaling universality class social dynamics Galam model collective phenomena in social systems nonequilibrium phase transitions order-disorder Monte Carlo simulation stochastic models Galam’s diffusion model linear programming non-linear programming diffusion control social impact opinion dynamics social temperature clustering and polarisation graph theory Markov chain social networks convergence time opinion formation influential nodes viral marketing Lorenz function Landau-like expansion citation analysis Gini index Kolkata index Hirsch index Stanford cite score Dunbar number self-organized criticality ant colony optimization Pólya urn process phase transition political polarization depolarization anticipatory scenarios agent-based models statistical physics approaches for social dynamics best objective choice complex systems linear response theory selection by ranking aging opinion formation model voter model kinetic exchange model maximum entropy (MaxEnt) phase transition in societies Markovian chain physics models social influence bounded confidence model agent and distribution models bifurcation diagram fake news freedom of speech sequestration prejudices contrarians tipping points attractors Bayesian methods cognition CODA n/a thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general Sociophysics emerged in the 1980s as a groundbreaking research field, paralleling physicists’ growing interest in understanding complex systems across diverse domains. By adapting methods from statistical physics—originally developed to explain critical phenomena, random systems, and non-equilibrium dynamics—researchers began applying these tools outside the natural sciences. However, tackling economic and social science problems with a physics-based approach, without the foundational laws of conservation or symmetry, posed a formidable challenge. Nevertheless, thanks to the dedication of several pioneering scientists and despite an unavoidable skepticism for novelty, sociophysics is now established as a recognized domain, with a thriving community of researchers and many success stories. Science is about pushing the frontiers of knowledge, and sociophysics exemplifies such an endeavor. Using methods from physics, mathematics, and, increasingly, from computational science, researchers can now ask previously unexplored questions, using rigorous and quantitative tools, so as to develop a new, creative synergy with social scientists. This Special Issue highlights the achievements of sociophysics through cutting-edge contributions from renowned experts. It is dedicated to Serge Galam, a pioneering figure in the field, in celebration of his 70th birthday. 2025-08-12T08:11:09Z 2025-08-12T08:11:09Z 2025 book ONIX_20250812T095121_9783725827176_143 9783725827176 9783725827183 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/165194 eng image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/10883 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-7258-2718-3 10.3390/books978-3-7258-2718-3 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783725827176 9783725827183 270 open access |
| spellingShingle | sociophysics voter models stochastic processes polarization consensus mean exit time fluctuations noise faculty hiring network decision-making behavior generative model Biswas–Chatterjee–Sen model Solomon networks finite-size scaling universality class social dynamics Galam model collective phenomena in social systems nonequilibrium phase transitions order-disorder Monte Carlo simulation stochastic models Galam’s diffusion model linear programming non-linear programming diffusion control social impact opinion dynamics social temperature clustering and polarisation graph theory Markov chain social networks convergence time opinion formation influential nodes viral marketing Lorenz function Landau-like expansion citation analysis Gini index Kolkata index Hirsch index Stanford cite score Dunbar number self-organized criticality ant colony optimization Pólya urn process phase transition political polarization depolarization anticipatory scenarios agent-based models statistical physics approaches for social dynamics best objective choice complex systems linear response theory selection by ranking aging opinion formation model voter model kinetic exchange model maximum entropy (MaxEnt) phase transition in societies Markovian chain physics models social influence bounded confidence model agent and distribution models bifurcation diagram fake news freedom of speech sequestration prejudices contrarians tipping points attractors Bayesian methods cognition CODA n/a thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general In Honor of Professor Serge Galam for His 70th Birthday and Forty Years of Sociophysics |
| title | In Honor of Professor Serge Galam for His 70th Birthday and Forty Years of Sociophysics |
| title_full | In Honor of Professor Serge Galam for His 70th Birthday and Forty Years of Sociophysics |
| title_fullStr | In Honor of Professor Serge Galam for His 70th Birthday and Forty Years of Sociophysics |
| title_full_unstemmed | In Honor of Professor Serge Galam for His 70th Birthday and Forty Years of Sociophysics |
| title_short | In Honor of Professor Serge Galam for His 70th Birthday and Forty Years of Sociophysics |
| title_sort | in honor of professor serge galam for his 70th birthday and forty years of sociophysics |
| topic | sociophysics voter models stochastic processes polarization consensus mean exit time fluctuations noise faculty hiring network decision-making behavior generative model Biswas–Chatterjee–Sen model Solomon networks finite-size scaling universality class social dynamics Galam model collective phenomena in social systems nonequilibrium phase transitions order-disorder Monte Carlo simulation stochastic models Galam’s diffusion model linear programming non-linear programming diffusion control social impact opinion dynamics social temperature clustering and polarisation graph theory Markov chain social networks convergence time opinion formation influential nodes viral marketing Lorenz function Landau-like expansion citation analysis Gini index Kolkata index Hirsch index Stanford cite score Dunbar number self-organized criticality ant colony optimization Pólya urn process phase transition political polarization depolarization anticipatory scenarios agent-based models statistical physics approaches for social dynamics best objective choice complex systems linear response theory selection by ranking aging opinion formation model voter model kinetic exchange model maximum entropy (MaxEnt) phase transition in societies Markovian chain physics models social influence bounded confidence model agent and distribution models bifurcation diagram fake news freedom of speech sequestration prejudices contrarians tipping points attractors Bayesian methods cognition CODA n/a thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general |
| topic_facet | sociophysics voter models stochastic processes polarization consensus mean exit time fluctuations noise faculty hiring network decision-making behavior generative model Biswas–Chatterjee–Sen model Solomon networks finite-size scaling universality class social dynamics Galam model collective phenomena in social systems nonequilibrium phase transitions order-disorder Monte Carlo simulation stochastic models Galam’s diffusion model linear programming non-linear programming diffusion control social impact opinion dynamics social temperature clustering and polarisation graph theory Markov chain social networks convergence time opinion formation influential nodes viral marketing Lorenz function Landau-like expansion citation analysis Gini index Kolkata index Hirsch index Stanford cite score Dunbar number self-organized criticality ant colony optimization Pólya urn process phase transition political polarization depolarization anticipatory scenarios agent-based models statistical physics approaches for social dynamics best objective choice complex systems linear response theory selection by ranking aging opinion formation model voter model kinetic exchange model maximum entropy (MaxEnt) phase transition in societies Markovian chain physics models social influence bounded confidence model agent and distribution models bifurcation diagram fake news freedom of speech sequestration prejudices contrarians tipping points attractors Bayesian methods cognition CODA n/a thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general |
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