Narrative structure of A Song of Ice and Fire creates a fictional world with realistic measures of social complexity

Network science and data analytics are used to quantify static and dynamic structures in George R. R. Martin’s epic novels, A Song of Ice and Fire, works noted for their scale and complexity. By tracking the network of character interactions as the story unfolds, it is found that structural properti...

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Main Authors: Gessey-Jones, T, Connaughton, C, Dunbar, R, Kenna, R, MacCarron, P, O'Conchobhair, C, Yose, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2020