@article{ref1,
title="Modeling the role of networks and individual differences in inter-group violence",
journal="PLoS one",
year="2016",
author="Isakov, Alexander and Holcomb, Amelia and Glowacki, Luke and Christakis, Nicholas A.",
volume="11",
number="2",
pages="e0148314-e0148314",
abstract="There is significant heterogeneity within and between populations in their propensity to engage in conflict. Most research has neglected the role of within-group effects in social networks in contributing to between-group violence and focused instead on the precursors and consequences of violence, or on the role of between-group ties. Here, we explore the role of individual variation and of network structure within a population in promoting and inhibiting group violence towards other populations. Motivated by ethnographic observations of collective behavior in a small-scale society, we describe a model with differentiated roles for individuals embedded within friendship networks. Using a simple model based on voting-like dynamics, we explore several strategies for influencing group-level behavior. When we consider changing population level attitude changes and introducing control nodes separately, we find that a particularly effective control strategy relies on exploiting network degree. We also suggest refinements to our model such as tracking fine-grained information spread dynamics that can lead to further enrichment in using evolutionary game theory models for sociological phenomena.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1932-6203",
doi="10.1371/journal.pone.0148314",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0148314"
}