3. The Advantages of Hierarchical Organization: From Pigeon Flocks to Optimal Network Structures

—Anna Zafeiris, MTA-ELTE Statistical and Biological Physics Research Group, Pázmány Péter stny. 1A, Budapest, Hungary, H-1117

—Tamás Vicsek, Department of Biological Physics, Eötvös University, Pázmány Péter stny. 1A, Budapest, Hungary, H-1117; MTA-ELTE Statistical and Biological Physics Research Group, Pázmány Péter stny. 1A, Budapest, Hungary, H-1117

Abstract

Hierarchical organization is abundant in both natural and artificial social structures, among humans just as among animal species. However, despite this abundance and the vast literature on related fields, quantitative results are rare, and mostly considering two-level hierarchies in which ...

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