human dynamics

Human Dynamics as a branch of statistical physics: Its main goal is to understand human behavior using methods originally developed in statistical physics. Research in this area started to gain momentum in 2005 after the publication of A.-L. Barabási's seminal paper The origin of bursts and heavy tails in human dynamics.{{cite journal|author1=A.-L. Barabási |year=2005|title=The origin of bursts and heavy tails in human dynamics.|journal=Nature|volume= 435|pages=207–211|pmid=15889093|issue=7039|doi=10.1038/nature03459|arxiv = cond-mat/0505371 |bibcode = 2005Natur.435..207B |s2cid=4419475}} that introduced a queuing model that was alleged to be capable of explaining the long tailed distribution of inter event times that naturally occur in human activity.

This paper spurred a burst of activity in this new area leading to not only further theoretical development of the Barabasi model,{{cite journal|doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.248701|author1=A. Vázquez |year=2005|title=Exact results for the Barabasi model of human dynamics.|journal=Physical Review Letters|volume= 95|pages=248701|pmid=16384430|issue=24|bibcode=2005PhRvL..95x8701V|arxiv = physics/0506126 |s2cid=15664101 }}{{cite journal|doi=10.1103/PhysRevE.73.036127|author1=A. Vázquez |author2=J. G. Oliveira |author3=Z. Dezsö |author4=K.-I. Goh |author5=I. Kondor |author6=A.-L. Barabási |year=2006|title=Modeling bursts and heavy tails in human dynamics|journal=Physical Review E|volume= 73|issue=3 |pages=036127|pmid=16605618 |arxiv = physics/0510117 |bibcode = 2006PhRvE..73c6127V |s2cid=14321672 }}{{cite journal|doi=10.1016/j.physa.2005.12.035|author1=Cesar A. Hidalgo |year=2006|title=Conditions for the emergence of scaling in the inter-event time of uncorrelated and seasonal systems|journal=Physica A|volume= 369|issue=2 |pages=877–883|arxiv = cond-mat/0512278 |bibcode = 2006PhyA..369..877H |s2cid=119340950 }}{{cite journal|doi=10.1103/PhysRevE.90.012817|author1=M. Formentin |author2=A. Lovison |author3=A. Maritan |author4=G. Zanzotto |year=2014|title=Hidden scaling patterns and universality in written communication|journal=Physical Review E|volume= 90|issue=1 |pages=012817 |pmid=25122352|arxiv=1311.3601|bibcode=2014PhRvE..90a2817F|s2cid=24022721 }} its experimental verification in several different activities {{cite journal|author1=J. G. Oliveira |author2=A.-L. Barabási |year=2005|title=Human Dynamics: The Correspondence Patterns of Darwin and Einstein.|journal=Nature|volume= 437|pages=1251|pmid=16251946|issue=7063|doi=10.1038/4371251a|arxiv = physics/0511006 |bibcode = 2005Natur.437.1251O |s2cid=4428375 }} and the beginning of interest in using proxy tools, such as web server logs.,{{cite journal|doi=10.1103/PhysRevE.78.026123|author1=Bruno Goncalves |author2=Jose J. Ramasco |year=2008|title= Human dynamics revealed through Web analytics|journal=Physical Review E|volume=78|issue=2 |pages=026123|pmid=18850913 |bibcode = 2008PhRvE..78b6123G |arxiv = 0803.4018 |s2cid=4975393 }}{{cite book|author1=Bruno Goncalves |author2=Jose J. Ramasco |title=Complex Sciences |chapter=Towards the Characterization of Individual Users through Web Analytics |series=Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering |year=2009 |arxiv=0901.0498|doi=10.1007/978-3-642-02469-6_102 |volume=5 |pages=2247–2254|bibcode=2009cosc.conf.2247G |isbn=978-3-642-02468-9 |s2cid=15251450 }}{{cite journal|doi=10.1103/PhysRevE.73.066132|author1=Z. Dezsö |author2=E. Almaas |author3=A. Lukács |author4=B. Rácz |author5=I. Szakadát |author6=A.-L. Barabási |year=2006|title=Dynamics of information access on the web|journal=Physical Review E|volume= 73|issue=6 |pages=066132|pmid=16906939 |bibcode = 2006PhRvE..73f6132D |url=https://repository.library.northeastern.edu/files/neu:331084/fulltext.pdf|hdl=2047/d20000691|hdl-access=free}} cell phone records{{cite journal|author1=J.-P. Onnela |author2=J. Saramäki |author3=J. Hyvönen |author4=G. Szabó |author5=D. Lazer |author6=K. Kaski |author7=J. Kertész |author8=A.-L. Barabási |year=2007|title=Structure and tie strengths in mobile communication networks|journal=PNAS|volume=104|pages=7332–7336|pmid=17456605|issue=18|doi=10.1073/pnas.0610245104|pmc=1863470|bibcode=2007PNAS..104.7332O|arxiv = physics/0610104 |doi-access=free }}{{cite journal|doi=10.1088/1367-2630/9/6/179|author1=Jukka-Pekka Onnela |author2=Jari Saramäki |author3=Jörkki Hyvönen |author4=Gábor Szabó |author5=M Argollo de Menezes |author6=Kimmo Kaski |author7=Albert-László Barabási |author8=János Kertèsz |year=2007|title=Analysis of a large-scale weighted network of one-to-one human communication|journal=New Journal of Physics|volume=9|issue=6 |pages=179|arxiv = physics/0702158 |bibcode = 2007NJPh....9..179O |s2cid=119382956 }} and even the rate at which registration to a major international conference occurs{{cite journal|doi=10.1038/nphys761|author1=Valentina Alfi |author2=Giorgio Parisi |author3=Luciano Pietronero |year=2007|title= Conference registration: how people react to a deadline|journal=Nature Physics|volume=3|pages=746|issue=11|bibcode = 2007NatPh...3..746A |doi-access=free}} and the distance and rate people around the globe commute from home to work.{{cite journal|author1=Duygu Balcan |author2=Vittoria Colizza |author3=Bruno Goncalves |author4=Hao Hu |author5=Jose J. Ramasco |author6=Alessandro Vespignani |year=2009|title=Title: Multiscale mobility networks and the large scale spreading of infectious diseases|arxiv=0907.3304 |doi=10.1073/pnas.0906910106 |volume=106 |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |issue=51 |pages=21484–21489|pmc=2793313 |bibcode=2009PNAS..10621484B |pmid=20018697|doi-access=free }}

In recent years there has been a growing appetite for access to new data sources{{cite journal|doi=10.1038/nphys581|author1=Marta C. González |author2=Albert-László Barabási |year=2007|title=Complex networks: From data to models|journal=Nature Physics|volume=3|pages=224–225|issue=4|pmid=32226461 |bibcode = 2007NatPh...3..224G |pmc=7096906}} that might prove useful in quantifying and understanding human behavior both at the individual and collective scales.{{cite journal|doi=10.1088/1742-5468/2015/09/P09006|author1=M. Formentin |author2=A. Lovison |author3=A. Maritan |author4=G. Zanzotto |year=2015|title=New activity pattern in human interactive dynamics|journal=Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment|volume= 2015|issue=9 |pages=P09006|arxiv=1405.5726|bibcode=2015JSMTE..09..006F|s2cid=16975015 }}

The term Human Dynamics or Human Dynamics as Personality Dynamics has also been used to describe a framework for understanding people and is applied in a technique aimed at education and team building. It is pioneered by Sandra Seagal and David Horne.{{cite book |last1=Seagal |first1=Sandra |last2=Horne |first2=David |title=Human Dynamics: A New Framework for Understanding People and Realizing the Potential in Our Organizations |date=1997 |publisher=Pegasus Communications Inc |isbn=1-883823-06-4}} It is a study of the ways in which we process information related to the balance of Physical, Emotional, and Mental components of our experiences. {{cite web |last1=Seagal |first1=Sandra |title=Human Dynamics |url=https://thesystemsthinker.com/human-dynamics-for-the-21st-century/ |website=thesystemsthinker.com |date=23 January 2016 |access-date=19 January 2021}} It has been subject to some skepticism, having been described in a Dutch newspaper as a personality course with esoteric (occult) roots.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nd.nl/artikelen/2009/november/09/skepsis-bekritiseert-occulte-schooltraining |title=Skepsis bekritiseert 'occulte' schooltraining |work=Nederlands Dagblad |date=10 November 2009 |access-date=4 September 2014 |language=nl}}{{Cite journal |last=Nanninga |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Nanninga|date=2009 |url=http://www.skepsis.nl/human-dynamics.html |title=Human Dynamics. Occulte psychologie op school |journal=Skepter |volume=22 |issue=1 |language=nl}}

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• [http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/reports/2009-03-Human_Dynamics.pdf Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Understanding Human Dynamics ] {{Dead link|date=February 2015}}
• [http://www.nd.edu/~networks/HumanDynamics_20Oct05/human_dynamics_.htm Human Dynamics at Notre Dame]

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