The temporal dynamics of group interactions in higher-order social networks

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dc.contributor.authorIacopini, Iacopo
dc.contributor.authorKarsai, Márton
dc.contributor.authorBarrat, Alain
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Network and Data Science
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-22T12:05:01Z
dc.date.available2025-03-22T12:05:01Z
dc.date.issued2024-08-27
dc.description.abstractRepresenting social systems as networks, starting from the interactions between individuals, sheds light on the mechanisms governing their dynamics. However, networks encode only pairwise interactions, while most social interactions occur among groups of individuals, requiring higher-order network representations. Despite the recent interest in higher-order networks, little is known about the mechanisms that govern the formation and evolution of groups, and how people move between groups. Here, we leverage empirical data on social interactions among children and university students to study their temporal dynamics at both individual and group levels, characterising how individuals navigate groups and how groups form and disaggregate. We find robust patterns across contexts and propose a dynamical model that closely reproduces empirical observations. These results represent a further step in understanding social systems, and open up research directions to study the impact of group dynamics on dynamical processes that evolve on top of them.eng
dc.identifier.citationIacopini, I, Karsai, M & Barrat, A 2024, 'The temporal dynamics of group interactions in higher-order social networks', Nature Communications, vol. 15, no. 1, 7391. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50918-5
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41467-024-50918-5
dc.identifier.issn2041-1723
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14018/26513
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85202198934&partnerID=8YFLogxK
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightscc-by-nc-nd
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.source.journaltitleNature Communications
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectSocial Networking
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectChild
dc.subjectSocial Interaction
dc.subjectStudents/psychology
dc.subjectYoung Adult
dc.subjectAdolescent
dc.subjectInterpersonal Relations
dc.subjectModels, Theoretical
dc.subjectGroup Processes
dc.subjectAdult
dc.subjectGeneral Chemistry
dc.subjectGeneral Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology
dc.subjectGeneral Physics and Astronomy
dc.titleThe temporal dynamics of group interactions in higher-order social networkseng
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