ArticlePhysical review letters2020
Heterogeneity Improves Speed and Accuracy in Social Networks.
Article in Physical review letters, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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- Collective effect of self-learning and social learning on language dynamics: a naming game approach in social networks.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2024Article
- Fast decisions reflect biases; slow decisions do not.Physical review. E · 2024Article
- A Cognitive Computational Approach to Social and Collective Decision-Making.Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2024Article
- Earlier social information has a stronger influence on judgments.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Asynchrony rescues statistically optimal group decisions from information cascades through emergent leaders.Royal Society open science · 2023Article
- Avoiding costly mistakes in groups: The evolution of error management in collective decision making.PLoS computational biology · 2022Article
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- Quantifying the impact of network structure on speed and accuracy in collective decision-making.Theory in biosciences = Theorie in den Biowissenschaften · 2021Article
- Evolution of heterogeneous perceptual limits and indifference in competitive foraging.PLoS computational biology · 2021Article
- Stochastic dynamics of social patch foraging decisions.Physical review researchArticle
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Abstract
How does temporally structured private and social information shape collective decisions? To address this question we consider a network of rational agents who independently accumulate private evidence that triggers a decision upon reaching a threshold. When seen by the whole network, the first agent's choice initiates a wave of new decisions; later decisions have less impact. In heterogeneous networks, first decisions are made quickly by impulsive individuals who need little evidence to make a choice but, even when wrong, can reveal the correct options to nearly everyone else. We conclude that groups comprised of diverse individuals can make more efficient decisions than homogenous ones.
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