no code implementations • 3 Dec 2020 • Thomas Gessey-Jones, Colm Connaughton, Robin Dunbar, Ralph Kenna, Pádraig MacCarron, Cathal O'Conchobhair, Joseph Yose
By tracking the network of character interactions as the story unfolds, it is found that structural properties remain approximately stable and comparable to real-world social networks.
Physics and Society
no code implementations • 22 Feb 2016 • Sandra D. Prado, Silvio R. Dahmen, Ana L. C. Bazzan, Padraig Mac Carron, Ralph Kenna
We study temporal networks of characters in literature focusing on "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (1865) by Lewis Carroll and the anonymous "La Chanson de Roland" (around 1100).
no code implementations • 19 May 2012 • Pádraig Mac Carron, Ralph Kenna
As in statistical physics, the concept of universality plays an important, albeit qualitative, role in the field of comparative mythology.
