| Title |
Saving Human Lives: What Complexity Science and Information Systems can Contribute
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Statistical Physics, June 2014
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10955-014-1024-9 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Dirk Helbing, Dirk Brockmann, Thomas Chadefaux, Karsten Donnay, Ulf Blanke, Olivia Woolley-Meza, Mehdi Moussaid, Anders Johansson, Jens Krause, Sebastian Schutte, Matjaž Perc |
| Abstract |
We discuss models and data of crowd disasters, crime, terrorism, war and disease spreading to show that conventional recipes, such as deterrence strategies, are often not effective and sufficient to contain them. Many common approaches do not provide a good picture of the actual system behavior, because they neglect feedback loops, instabilities and cascade effects. The complex and often counter-intuitive behavior of social systems and their macro-level collective dynamics can be better understood by means of complexity science. We highlight that a suitable system design and management can help to stop undesirable cascade effects and to enable favorable kinds of self-organization in the system. In such a way, complexity science can help to save human lives. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 16% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 7% |
| Switzerland | 3 | 4% |
| Japan | 2 | 3% |
| Italy | 2 | 3% |
| Belgium | 2 | 3% |
| Mexico | 2 | 3% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 6 | 9% |
| Unknown | 32 | 48% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 51 | 76% |
| Scientists | 13 | 19% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 3% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 1% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 2% |
| Germany | 4 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 3 | <1% |
| Unknown | 340 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 89 | 25% |
| Researcher | 45 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 36 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 21 | 6% |
| Professor | 18 | 5% |
| Other | 74 | 21% |
| Unknown | 77 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 46 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 35 | 10% |
| Engineering | 30 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 24 | 7% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 23 | 6% |
| Other | 107 | 30% |
| Unknown | 95 | 26% |
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