Social Systems

Government

D.K. Albino, A. Hu, Y. Bar-Yam, Corporations and Regulators: The Game of Influence in Regulatory Capture. arXiv:1310.0057 (October 1, 2013).

Y. Bar-Yam, M. Woolsey, Debt Limit: The Future of Democracy? NECSI Report 2007-05-01 (May, 2007).

Riots and Revolutions

Y. Bar-Yam, C. Friedman, Swiss-ification: Syria's Best Chance for Peace (September 4, 2013).

C. Friedman, D.K. Albino, Y. Bar-Yam, Political Stability and Military Intervention in Egypt. arXiv 1307.3982 (July 8, 2013). [PDF]

A. Gard-Murray, Y. Bar-Yam, Complexity and the Limits of Revolution: What Will Happen to the Arab Spring? arXiv:1212.3041 (December 11, 2012). [PDF]

M. Lagi, K.Z. Bertrand, Y. Bar-Yam, The Food Crises and Political Instability in North Africa and the Middle East. arXiv:1108.2455 (August 10, 2011). [PDF]

M. Lagi, Yavni Bar-Yam, K.Z. Bertrand, Yaneer Bar-Yam, UPDATE February 2012 — The Food Crises: Predictive validation of a quantitative model of food prices including speculators and ethanol conversion. arXiv:1203.1313 (March 6, 2012). [PDF]

Yavni Bar-Yam, M. Lagi, and Yaneer Bar-Yam, South African Riots: Repercussion of the Global Food Crisis and US Drought (January 2, 2013). [PDF]

K. Bertrand, Y. Bar Yam, Contagion and cascades through the Middle East (February 1, 2011).

Y. Bar-Yam, A. S. Gard-Murray, Framing a complexity theory solution to the Middle East crises (February 24, 2011).

NECSI analyzes unrest in the Middle East. (2011).

Global Food

Yavni Bar-Yam, M. Lagi, and Yaneer Bar-Yam, South African Riots: Repercussion of the Global Food Crisis and US Drought (January 2, 2013). [PDF]

D.K. Albino, K.Z. Bertrand, Y. Bar-Yam, Food for fuel: The price of ethanol. arXiv:1210.6080 (October 4, 2012). [PDF]

K.Z. Bertrand, G. Lindsay, Y. Bar-Yam, Food briefing, NECSI Report 2012-08-01 (August 15, 2012).

M. Lagi, Yavni Bar-Yam, Yaneer Bar-Yam, UPDATE July 2012 — The Food Crises: The US Drought (July 23, 2012). [PDF]

M. Lagi, A.S. Gard-Murray and Y. Bar-Yam, Impact of ethanol conversion and speculation on Mexico corn imports, New England Complex Systems Institute (May 2012).

M. Lagi, Yavni Bar-Yam, K.Z. Bertrand, Yaneer Bar-Yam, UPDATE February 2012 — The Food Crises: Predictive validation of a quantitative model of food prices including speculators and ethanol conversion. arXiv:1203.1313 (March 6, 2012). [PDF]

M.J. Widener, Yavni Bar-Yam, A. Gros, S. Metcalf, Yaneer Bar-Yam, Modeling Policy and Agricultural Decisions in Afghanistan. arXiv:1111.5351 (November 21, 2011). GeoJournal 2013, 78(4) 591-599.[PDF]

M. Lagi, Yavni Bar-Yam, K.Z. Bertrand, Yaneer Bar-Yam, The Food Crises: A Quantitative Model of Food Prices Including Speculators and Ethanol Conversion. arXiv:1109.4859 (September 21, 2011). [PDF]

M. Lagi, K.Z. Bertrand, Y. Bar-Yam, The Food Crises and Political Instability in North Africa and the Middle East. arXiv:1108.2455 (August 10, 2011). [PDF]

Ethnic Violence

A. Gros, A.S. Gard-Murray, Y. Bar-Yam Conflict in Yemen: From Ethnic Fighting to Food Riots. arXiv:1207.5778 (July 24, 2012). [PDF]

A. Rutherford, D. Harmon, J. Werfel, S. Bar-Yam, A.S. Gard-Murray, A. Gros, Y. Bar-Yam, Good Fences: The Importance of Setting Boundaries for Peaceful Coexistence. PLOS (May 21, 2014). [PDF]

M. Lim, R. Metzler, and Y. Bar-Yam. Global Pattern Formation and Ethnic/Cultural Violence, Science 317, 5844 (September 14, 2007). abstract and full paper - press release

Y. Bar-Yam: Global Control, Ethnic Violence and Terrorism, from Making Things Work, Chapter 16. Knowledge Press (2005). [PDF]

Ethnic Violence research page

Social Networks

K.Z. Bertrand, M. Bialik, K. Virdee, A. Gros, Y. Bar-Yam, Sentiment in New York City: A High Resolution Spatial and Temporal View> arXiv:1308.5010 (August 20, 2013).

J. Adebayo, T. Musso, K. Virdee, C. Friedman, Y. Bar-Yam, An Exploration of Social Identity: The Structure of the BBC News-Sharing Community on Twitter. NECSI Report 2013-08-02 (August 2, 2013).

A. Herdağdelen, W. Zuo, A.S. Gard-Murray, Y. Bar-Yam, An Exploration of Social Identity: The Geography and Politics of News-Sharing Communities in Twitter, Complexity 19, 10-20 (2013). [PDF]

D. Braha, B. Stacey, and Y. Bar-Yam, Corporate competition: A self-organized network. Social Networks. Volume 33. Issue 3. Pages 219-230. (July 2011). [PDF]

D. Braha, Y. Bar-Yam, From centrality to temporary fame: dynamic centrality in complex networks, Complexity 12 (2006). abstract, PDF file, Extended Version (PDF), press release

Communications systems

V. Misra, D. Harmon, and Y. Bar-Yam, Vulnerability Analysis of High Dimensional Complex Systems, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 6366, 560-572 (Springer, Heidelberg, 2010).[PDF]

Urban Food

M.J. Widener, S.S. Metcalf, and Y. Bar-Yam, Developing a Mobile Produce Distribution System for Low-income Urban Residents in Food Deserts. Journal of Urban Health (2012). [PDF]

M.J. Widener, S. Metcalf, Y. Bar-Yam, Dynamic Urban Food Environments: A Temporal Analysis of Access to Healthy Foods, American Journal of Preventive Medicine 41, pp. 439-441 (September 22, 2011). [PDF]

M.J. Widener, S. Metcalf, Y. Bar-Yam, Agent-based Modeling of Policies to Improve Urban Food Access for Low-income Populations, Applied Geography 40, pp. 1-10, (2013). [PDF]