Vereniging

Vereniging Voor Natuurkunde

Starttijd

02-03-2023 20:00

Eindtijd

02-03-2023 22:30

Locatie

Campus Sterre S9 - Aud 0

Adres

Krijgslaan 281, 9000 Gent

Meer info

https://www.facebook.com/events/719821649695084/?ref=newsfeed

Type terrein

UGent-domein

Type activiteit

Lezing

Beschrijving

Structural balance is a prevailing theory for understanding the creation and dynamics of active relationships (friendly or hostile) in socioeconomic networks. The methodology of Statistical Physics offers opportunities to view structural balance from a different angle and even extend it. A physics-based model for structural balance is proposed. It is suitable for empirical analysis of political networks and allows to uncover generative mechanisms. It is tested on an dataset for the relationschips between alliances in a massively multi-player on-line game (MMOG) and on real-world data for the relationships between countries during the Cold War era.