Evidence for complex contagion models of social contagion from observational data

Daniel A. Sprague; Thomas House

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0180802

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Evidence for complex contagion models of social contagion from observational data

Daniel A. Sprague,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Spectra Analytics, 40-42 Scrutton St, London EC2A 4PP, United Kingdom
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Thomas House

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: thomas.house@manchester.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Mathematics, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5835-8062

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Evidence for complex contagion models of social contagion from observational data

Daniel A. Sprague,
Thomas House

Published: July 7, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0180802

About the Authors

Daniel A. Sprague

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Spectra Analytics, 40-42 Scrutton St, London EC2A 4PP, United Kingdom

Thomas House

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: thomas.house@manchester.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Mathematics, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5835-8062

Competing Interests

Spectra Analytics is a data analysis company that may in future develop commercial products using the methods described in the paper. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

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