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SUBMITTER: Su Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5522431 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Su Zhen Z Wang Wei W Li Lixiang L Xiao Jinghua J Stanley H Eugene HE
Scientific reports 20170721 1
Understanding the spreading mechanisms of social contagions in complex network systems has attracted much attention in the physics community. Here we propose a generalized threshold model to describe social contagions. Using extensive numerical simulations and theoretical analyses, we find that a hysteresis loop emerges in the system. Specifically, the steady state of the system is sensitive to the initial conditions of the dynamics of the system. In the steady state, the adoption size increases ...[more]