Complex Sciences: Second International Conference, COMPLEX 2012, Santa Fe, NM, USA, December 5-7, 2012, Revised Selected Papers

Front Matter....Pages -
The Crossover Point: Comparing Policies to Mitigate Disruptions....Pages 1-10
Progress Curves and the Prediction of Significant Market Events....Pages 11-28
Bifurcation as the Source of Polymorphism....Pages 29-39
Large-Scale Conflicts in Massively Multiplayer Online Games....Pages 40-51
Impact of Global Edge-Removal on the Average Path Length....Pages 52-57
Assessing the Spatial Impact on an Agent-Based Modeling of Epidemic Control: Case of Schistosomiasis....Pages 58-69
Behaviors of Actors in a Resource-Exchange Model of Geopolitics....Pages 70-82
Portfolio Optimization and Corporate Networks: Extending the Black Litterman Model....Pages 83-94
Modeling Decision-Making Outcomes in Political Elite Networks....Pages 95-110
Cooperation through the Endogenous Evolution of Social Structure....Pages 111-126
The Role of Community Structure in Opinion Cluster Formation....Pages 127-139
Achieving Social Optimality with Influencer Agents....Pages 140-151
The Dynamics of Propagation Fronts on Sets with a Negative Fractal Dimension....Pages 152-158
Mathematical Model of Hit Phenomena as a Theory for Human Interaction in the Society....Pages 159-164
Hospitals as Complex Social Systems: Agent-Based Simulations of Hospital-Acquired Infections....Pages 165-178
Hypernetworks for Policy Design in Systems of Systems of Systems....Pages 179-189
To Trade or Not to Trade: Analyzing How Perturbations Travel in Sparsely Connected Networks....Pages 190-200
Help from Hoarders: How Storage Can Dampen Perturbations in Critical Markets....Pages 201-212
Paid Sick-Leave: Is It a Good Way to Control Epidemics?....Pages 213-227
Decoding Road Networks into Ancient Routes: The Case of the Aztec Empire in Mexico....Pages 228-233
A Policy of Strategic Petroleum Market Reserves....Pages 234-243
Binary Consensus via Exponential Smoothing....Pages 244-255
Identifying Critical Infrastructure Interdependencies for Healthcare Operations during Extreme Events....Pages 256-266
Information Dynamic Spectrum Predicts Critical Transitions....Pages 267-280
Self-image and the Emergence of Brand Loyalty in Networked Markets....Pages 281-290
Modeling Emergence in Neuroprotective Regulatory Networks....Pages 291-302
Detecting Demand-Supply Situations of Hotel Opportunities: An Empirical Analysis of Japanese Room Opportunities Data....Pages 303-315
Identification of Chordless Cycles in Ecological Networks....Pages 316-324
In Search of Prudential Leverage Regulation Regimes....Pages 325-338
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