How to Understand Behavioral Patterns in Big Data: The Case of Human Collective Memory

Simple patterns often arise from complex systems. For example, human perception of similarity decays exponentially with perceptual distance. The ranking of word usage versus the frequency at which the words are used has a log-log slope of minus one. Recent advances in big data provide an opportunity...

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Main Author: Steven A. Frank
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-04-01
Series:Behavioral Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/9/4/40