About the Authors

Thayer Alshaabi

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

thayer.alshaabi@uvm.edu (TA); chris.danforth@uvm.edu (CMD)

Affiliations Vermont Complex Systems Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States of America, Computational Story Lab, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States of America, Department of Computer Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States of America

David R. Dewhurst

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Vermont Complex Systems Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States of America, Computational Story Lab, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States of America, Charles River Analytics, Cambridge, MA, United States of America

James P. Bagrow

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Vermont Complex Systems Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States of America, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States of America

Peter S. Dodds

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Vermont Complex Systems Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States of America, Computational Story Lab, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States of America, Department of Computer Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States of America

Christopher M. Danforth

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

thayer.alshaabi@uvm.edu (TA); chris.danforth@uvm.edu (CMD)

Affiliations Vermont Complex Systems Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States of America, Computational Story Lab, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States of America, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following competing interests: DRD was a paid employee of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance at the time of the study. DRD is currently affiliated with Charles River Analytics Inc. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products associated with this research to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.