Regensburg 2010 – scientific programme

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DY: Fachverband Dynamik und Statistische Physik

DY 30: Posters II

DY 30.3: Poster

Thursday, March 25, 2010, 16:00–18:00, Poster C

Spread of information in complex networks
— •Mirko Kämpf¹, Jan W. Kantelhardt¹, and Lev Muchnik² — ¹Institut fur Physik, Fachgruppe Theoretische Physik, Martin-Luther- Universitat Halle-Wittenberg, 06099 Halle (Saale), Germany — ²Leonard N. Stern School of business, New York University, New York, USA

We study the process of collecting, processing, validating, and distributing information in self-organized complex social systems based on data from, e.g., the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. We correlate page access statistics, page edit statistics, and article network structure (defined by links) to characterize the lifecycle of relevant pieces of information. Results are also compared regarding regional contexts and different languages. Focusing on extreme events we analyze scaling behavior and investigate current limitations that could be eliminated by optimizing of the communication processes.