Recent Publications

List of publications starting 2006

[for the list of publications of 2004-2005 see here]

Network theory, structure and models

Information Networks

Epidemic modeling

Study of social systems

Infrastructures

Biological systems

Network theory, structure and models

• Complex networks renormalization: flows and fixed points
  F. Radicchi, J.J. Ramasco, A. Barrat, S. Fortunato,
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 148701 (2008)
  
• Motif-based communities in complex networks
  A. Arenas, A Fernández, S. Fortunato, S. Gómez,
  J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 41, 224001 (2008)
• Inversion method for content-based networks
  J.J. Ramasco, M. Mungan,
  Phys. Rev. E 77, 036122 (2008)
  
• Transport on weighted networks: When correlations are independent of the degree
  J.J. Ramasco, B. Gonçalves,
  Phys. Rev. E 76, 066106 (2007)
  
• Resolution limit in community detection
  S. Fortunato, M. Barthélemy,
  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 104, 36-41 (2007)
• Optimal paths in complex networks with correlated weights: The Worldwide Airport Network
  Z. Wu, L.A. Braunstein, V. Colizza, R. Cohen, S. Havlin, H.E. Stanley
  Phys. Rev. E 74, 056104 (2006)
• Scale-Free Network Growth by Ranking
  S. Fortunato, A. Flammini, F. Menczer,
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 218701 (2006)
• Detecting rich-club ordering in complex networks
  V. Colizza, A. Flammini, M.A. Serrano, A. Vespignani,
  Nature Phys 2, 110-115 (2006)

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Information Networks

• Semantic Grounding of Tag Relatedness in Social Bookmarking Systems
  C. Cattuto, D. Benz, A. Hotho, G. Stumme
  Proceedings of the 7th International Semantic Web Conference, Karlsruhe, Germany (Oct 26-30, 2008)
• Structural analysis of behavioral networks from the Internet
  M.R. Meiss, F. Menczer, A. Vespignani
  J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 41, 224022 (2008)
• K-core decomposition of Internet graphs: hierarchies, self-similarity and measurement biases
  I. Alvarez-Hamelin, L. Dall'Asta, A. Barrat and A.Vespignani,
  Networks and Heterogeneous Media 3, 371-393 (2008)
• Ranking Web Sites with Real User Traffic
  M.R. Meiss, F. Menczer, S. Fortunato, A. Vespignani
  Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Web Search & Data Mining, Palo Alto, California, USA, Feb 11-12,2008 (Pages 65-75)
  
• Decoding the structure of the WWW: a comparative analysis of Web crawls
  M.A. Serrano, M. Boguna, A.G. Maguitman, S. Fortunato, A. Vespignani
  ACM Transactions on the Web 1, 10 (2007)
• What is the real size of a sampled network? The case of the Internet
  F. Viger, A. Barrat, L. Dall'Asta, C.-H. Zhang, E. Kolaczyk,
  Phys. Rev. E 75, 056111 (2007)

• Social Bookmarks for Collaborative Search and Recommendation
  B. Markines, L. Stoilova, F. Menczer,
  Proc. AAAI (2006)

• Algorithmic Computation and Approximation of Semantic Similarity
  A. Maguitman, F. Menczer, F. Erdinc, H. Roinestad, A. Vespignani,
  WWW Journal (2006)

• Modeling the Internet
  M. A. Serrano, M. Boguñá, A. Diaz-Guilera,
  Eur. Phys. J. B 50, 249 (2006)

• Large scale networks fingerprinting and visualization using the k-core decomposition
  I. Alvarez-Hamelin, L. Dall'Asta, A. Barrat and A.Vespignani,
  In Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) 18, Y.Weiss, B.Scholkopf and J.Platt ed.s, pp. 41-50, MIT Press, Cambridge MA (2006)

• Exploring networks with traceroute-like probes: theory and simulations
  L. Dall'Asta, I. Alvarez-Hamelin, A. Barrat, A. Vàzquez, A. Vespignani,
  Theoretical Computer Science 355, 6 (2006)

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Epidemic modeling

• Global disease spread: statistics and estimation of arrival times
  A. Gautreau, A. Barrat, M. Barthélemy,
  J. Theor. Biol. 251, 509-522 (2008)
• Epidemic modeling in metapopulation systems with heterogeneous coupling pattern: Theory and simulations
  V. Colizza, A. Vespignani,
  J. Theor. Biol. 251, 450-467 (2008)
  
• Predictability and epidemic pathways in global outbreak of infectious diseases: The SARS case study
  V. Colizza, A. Barrat, M. Barthélemy, A. Vespignani,
  BMC Medicine 5, 34 (2007)
• Detecting robust patterns in the spread of epidemics: A case study of influenza in the United States and France
  P. Crépey, M. Barthélemy,
  Am. J. Epidemiol. 166, 1244 (2007)
• Invasion threshold in heterogeneous metapopulation networks
  V. Colizza, A. Vespignani,
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 148701 (2007)
• Arrival Time Statistics in Global Disease Spread
  A. Gautreau, A. Barrat, M. Barthélemy,
  J. Stat. Mech. L09001 (2007)
• Reaction-diffusion processes and metapopulation models in heterogeneous networks
  V. Colizza, R. Pastor-Satorras, A. Vespignani,
  Nature Physics 3, 276-282 (2007)
• Modeling the Worldwide Spread of Pandemic Influenza: Baseline Case and Containment Interventions
  V. Colizza, A. Barrat, M. Barthélemy, A.-J. Valleron, A. Vespignani,
  PLoS Medicine 4(1): e13 (2007)
• Epidemic modeling in complex realities
  V. Colizza, M. Barthelemy, A. Barrat, A. Vespignani
  CR Biologies 330, 364-374 (2007)
  
• Epidemic predictability in meta-population models with heterogeneous couplings: the impact of disease parameter values
  V. Colizza, A. Barrat, M. Barthélemy, A. Vespignani,
  International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos 17, 2491-2500 (2007)
• The modeling of global epidemics:stochastic dynamics and predictability
  V. Colizza, A. Barrat, M. Barthélemy, A. Vespignani,
  Bull. Math. Biol. 68, 1893-1921 (2006)
• The role of the airline transportation network in the prediction and predictability of global epidemics
  V. Colizza, A. Barrat, M. Barthélemy, A. Vespignani,
  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 103, 2015-2020 (2006)
• Epidemic variability in complex networks
  P. Crépey, F. P. Alvarez, M. Barthélemy
  Phys. Rev. E. 73, 046131 (2006)

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Study of social systems

• Consensus formation on coevolving networks: groups' formation and structure
  B. Kozma, A. Barrat,
  J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 41, 224020 (2008)
• Who's talking first? Consensus or lack thereof in coevolving opinion formation models
  C. Nardini, B. Kozma, A. Barrat,
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 158701 (2008)
• Consensus formation on adaptive networks
  B. Kozma, A. Barrat,
  Phys. Rev. E 77, 016102 (2008)
• Nonequilibrium phase transition in negotiation dynamics
  A. Baronchelli, L. Dall'Asta, A. Barrat, V. Loreto,
  Phys. Rev. E 76, 051102 (2007)
• Scaling and universality in proportional elections
  S. Fortunato, C. Castellano,
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 138701 (2007)
• Agreement dynamics on interaction networks with diverse topologies
  A. Barrat, A. Baronchelli, L. Dall'Asta, V. Loreto,
  Chaos 17, 026111 (2007)
• Topical interests and the mitigation of search engine bias
  S. Fortunato, A.Flammini, F. Menczer and A. Vespignani,
  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103, 12684 (2006)

• Non-equilibrium dynamics of language games on complex networks
  L. Dall'Asta, A. Baronchelli, A. Barrat, V. Loreto,
  Phys. Rev. E 74, 036105 (2006)

• Social Phishing
  T. Jagatic, N. Johnson, M. Jakobsson, F. Menczer,
  CACM (2006)

• Social Network Structure, Equality and Segregation in a Labor Market with Referral Hiring
  T. Tassier, F. Menczer,
  Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2006)

• Googlearchy or Googlocracy?
  F. Menczer, S. Fortunato, A. Flammini, A. Vespignani,
  IEEE Spectrum (2006)

• Social Bookmarks for Collaborative Search and Recommendation
  B. Markines, L. Stoilova, F. Menczer,
  Proc. AAAI (2006)

• Agreement dynamics on small-world networks
  L. Dall'Asta, A. Baronchelli, A. Barrat, V. Loreto,
  Europhys. Lett. 73, 969 (2006)

• Topology Induced Coarsening in Language Games
  A. Baronchelli, L. Dall'Asta, A. Barrat, V. Loreto,
  Phys. Rev. E 73, 015102 (2006)

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Infrastructures

• Modeling urban streets patterns
  M. Barthelemy, A. Flammini
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 138702 (2008)
  
• Patterns of dominant flows in the world trade web
  M.A. Serrano, M. Boguñá, A. Vespignani,
  J. Econ. Interac. Coord. 2, 111-124 (2007)
• Transport on weighted networks: When correlations are independent of the degree
  J.J. Ramasco, B. Gonçalves,
  Phys. Rev. E 76, 066106 (2007)
  
• Optimal paths in complex networks with correlated weights: the World-wide Airport Network
  Z. Wu, L.A. Braunstein, V. Colizza, R. Cohen, S. Havlin, H.E. Stanley
  Phys. Rev. E 74, 056104 (2006)
• Optimal traffic networks
  M. Barthélemy and A. Flammini,
  J. Stat. Mech. L07002 (2006)
• Vulnerability of weighted networks
  L. Dall'Asta, A. Barrat, M. Barthélemy, A. Vespignani,
  J. Stat. Mech. P04006 (2006)
• The structure of Inter-Urban traffic: A weighted network analysis
  A. De Montis, M. Barthélemy, A. Chessa, A. Vespignani,
  Env. Planning Journal B 34, 905-924 (2007).

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Biological systems

• Impact of the updating scheme on stationary states of networks
  F. Radicchi, Y.Y. Ahn and H. Meyer-Ortmanns
  J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 41, 224010 (2008)
• Natural classification of knots
  A. Flammini, A. Stasiak,
  Proc. R. Soc. A 463, 569 (2007)