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Discontinuity waves as tipping points: Applications to biological & sociological systems (2014)
Journal Article
Bissell, J., & Straughan, S. (2014). Discontinuity waves as tipping points: Applications to biological & sociological systems. Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B, 19(7), 1911-1934. https://doi.org/10.3934/dcdsb.2014.19.1911

The `tipping point' phenomenon is discussed as a mathematical object, and related to the behaviour of non-linear discontinuity waves in the dynamics of topical sociological and biological problems. The theory of such waves is applied to two illustrat... Read More about Discontinuity waves as tipping points: Applications to biological & sociological systems.

Social tipping points and Earth systems dynamics (2014)
Journal Article
Bentley, R., Maddison, E., Ranner, P., Bissell, J., Caiado, C., Bhatanacharoen, P., …Garnett, P. (2014). Social tipping points and Earth systems dynamics. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2, Article 35. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2014.00035

Recently, Early Warning Signals (EWS) have been developed to predict tipping points in Earth Systems. This discussion highlights the potential to apply EWS to human social and economic systems, which may also undergo similar critical transitions. Soc... Read More about Social tipping points and Earth systems dynamics.

Compartmental modelling of social dynamics with generalised peer incidence (2014)
Journal Article
Bissell, J., Caiado, C., Goldstein, M., & Straughan, B. (2014). Compartmental modelling of social dynamics with generalised peer incidence. Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences, 24(4), 719-750. https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218202513500656

A generalised compartmental method for investigating the spread of socially determined behaviour is introduced, and cast in the specific context of societal smoking dynamics with multiple peer influence. We consider how new peer influence terms, acti... Read More about Compartmental modelling of social dynamics with generalised peer incidence.