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On the degree of uniformity measure for probability distributions (2024)
Journal Article
Rajaram, R., Ritchey, N., & Castellani, B. (2024). On the degree of uniformity measure for probability distributions. Journal of Physics Communications, 8(11), Article 115003. https://doi.org/10.1088/2399-6528/ad8f10

A key challenge in studying probability distributions is quantifying the inherent inequality within them. Certain parts of the distribution have higher probabilities than others, and our goal is to measure this inequality using the concept of mathema... Read More about On the degree of uniformity measure for probability distributions.

On the mathematical quantification of inequality in probability distributions (2024)
Journal Article
Rajaram, R., Ritchey, N., & Castellani, B. (2024). On the mathematical quantification of inequality in probability distributions. Journal of Physics Communications, 8(8), Article 085002. https://doi.org/10.1088/2399-6528/ad6ad1

A fundamental challenge in the study of probability distributions is the quantification of inequality that is inherently present in them. Some parts of the distribution are more probable and some others are not, and we are interested in the quantific... Read More about On the mathematical quantification of inequality in probability distributions.

A ‘Cultural Models’ Approach to Psychotherapy for Refugees and Asylum Seekers: A Case Study from the UK (2024)
Journal Article
Ziyachi, M., & Castellani, B. (2024). A ‘Cultural Models’ Approach to Psychotherapy for Refugees and Asylum Seekers: A Case Study from the UK. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(5), Article 650. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21050650

Despite the existence of significant research on the mental health care challenges of migrants, particularly refugees and asylum seekers, less attention has been paid to treatment approaches. We used a case study from the UK to look at the topic from... Read More about A ‘Cultural Models’ Approach to Psychotherapy for Refugees and Asylum Seekers: A Case Study from the UK.

A Scoping Review of the Effects of Ambient Air Quality on Cognitive Frailty (2023)
Journal Article
Hodgson, J. R., Benkowitz, C., Castellani, B. C., Ellison, A., Yassaie, R., Twohig, H., …Fowler-Davis, S. (2024). A Scoping Review of the Effects of Ambient Air Quality on Cognitive Frailty. Environments, 11(1), Article 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments11010004

Environmental and public health research has given considerable attention to the impact of air quality on brain health, with systematic reviews being widespread. No literature review has been conducted for cognitive frailty—a multidimensional syndrom... Read More about A Scoping Review of the Effects of Ambient Air Quality on Cognitive Frailty.

On the comparison of diversity of parts of a distribution (2023)
Journal Article
Rajaram, R., Ritchey, N., & Castellani, B. (2023). On the comparison of diversity of parts of a distribution. Journal of Physics Communications, 7(7), Article 075006. https://doi.org/10.1088/2399-6528/ace952

The literature on diversity measures, regardless of the metric used (e.g.,Gini-Simpson index, Shannon entropy) has a notable gap: not much has been done to connect these measures back to the shape of the original distribution, or to use them to compa... Read More about On the comparison of diversity of parts of a distribution.

Mitigating the impact of air pollution on brain health and dementia: Policy and practice brief (2023)
Other
Ziyachi, M., Castellani, B., Heckels, N., Clarke, C., Fullertonf, N., Barbrook-Johnson, P., & Bicketc, M. (2023). Mitigating the impact of air pollution on brain health and dementia: Policy and practice brief. [https://www.art-sciencefactory.com/InSPIREPolicyBrief.pdf]

Emerging research suggests exposure to high levels of air pollution at critical points in the life course is detrimental to brain health, including cognitive decline and dementia. Social determinants such as socio-economic deprivation, environmental... Read More about Mitigating the impact of air pollution on brain health and dementia: Policy and practice brief.

Mitigating the impact of air pollution on dementia and brain health: Setting the policy agenda (2022)
Journal Article
Castellani, B., Bartington, S., Wistow, J., Heckels, N., Ellison, A., Van Tongeren, M., Arnold, S. R., Barbrook-Johnson, P., Bicket, M., Pope, F. D., Russ, T. C., Clarke, C. L., Pirani, M., Schwannauer, M., Vieno, M., Turnbull, R., Gilbert, N., & Reis, S. (2022). Mitigating the impact of air pollution on dementia and brain health: Setting the policy agenda. Environmental Research, 215(2), Article 114362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.114362

Background Emerging research suggests exposure to high levels of air pollution at critical points in the life-course is detrimental to brain health, including cognitive decline and dementia. Social determinants play a significant role, including soci... Read More about Mitigating the impact of air pollution on dementia and brain health: Setting the policy agenda.

Approachable modeling and smart methods: a new methods field of study (2022)
Journal Article
Schimpf, C., & Castellani, B. (2024). Approachable modeling and smart methods: a new methods field of study. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 27(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2022.2111817

Advances in the integration of smart technology with interdisciplinary methods has created a new genre, approachable modeling and smart methods – AM-Smart for short. AM-Smart platforms address a major challenge for applied and public sector analysts,... Read More about Approachable modeling and smart methods: a new methods field of study.

Big Data Mining and Complexity (2022)
Book
Castellani, B. (2022). Big Data Mining and Complexity. UK: SAGE Publications

This book offers a much needed critical introduction to data mining and ‘big data’. Supported by multiple case studies and examples, the authors provide:

Digestible overviews of key terms and concepts relevant to using social media data in qua... Read More about Big Data Mining and Complexity.

Justified Stories with Agent-Based Modelling for Local COVID-19 Planning (2021)
Journal Article
Badham, J., Barbrook-Johnson, P., Caiado, C., & Castellani, B. (2021). Justified Stories with Agent-Based Modelling for Local COVID-19 Planning. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 24(1), Article 8. https://doi.org/10.18564/jasss.4532

This paper presents JuSt-Social, an agent-based model of the COVID-19 epidemic with a range of potential social policy interventions. It was developed to support local authorities in North East England who are making decisions in a fast moving crisis... Read More about Justified Stories with Agent-Based Modelling for Local COVID-19 Planning.

Cased-based modelling and scenario simulation for ex-post evaluation (2021)
Journal Article
Schimpf, C., Barbrook-Johnson, P., & Castellani, B. (2021). Cased-based modelling and scenario simulation for ex-post evaluation. Evaluation, 27(1), 116-137. https://doi.org/10.1177/1356389020978490

Despite 20 years of increasing acceptance, implementing complexity-appropriate methods for ex-post evaluation remains a challenge: instead of focusing on complex interventions, methods need to help evaluators better explore how policies (no matter ho... Read More about Cased-based modelling and scenario simulation for ex-post evaluation.

The Complex Global Crisis of Population and Public Health. (2020)
Book Chapter
Castellani, B. (2020). The Complex Global Crisis of Population and Public Health. In Y. Apostolopoulos, M. K. Lemke, & K. Hassmiller Lich (Eds.), Complex Systems and Population Health: A Primer. Oxford University Press

COMPLEX-IT: A Case-Based Modelling and Scenario Simulation Platform for Social Inquiry (2020)
Journal Article
Schimpf, C., & Castellani, B. (2020). COMPLEX-IT: A Case-Based Modelling and Scenario Simulation Platform for Social Inquiry. Journal of Open Research Software, 8, Article 25. https://doi.org/10.5334/jors.298

COMPLEX-IT is a case-based, mixed-methods platform for applied social inquiry into complex data/systems, designed to increase non-expert access to the tools of computational social science (i.e., cluster analysis, artificial intelligence, data visual... Read More about COMPLEX-IT: A Case-Based Modelling and Scenario Simulation Platform for Social Inquiry.

Diversity in complex systems: measuring parts of the distribution to the whole (2020)
Journal Article
Rajaram, R., & Castellani, B. (2020). Diversity in complex systems: measuring parts of the distribution to the whole. Journal of Physics Communications, 4(4), Article 045008. https://doi.org/10.1088/2399-6528/ab8488

Despite the utility of the Hill numbers, measuring diversity within complex systems and complex datasets, particularly regarding parts of a distribution to the whole—that is, different portions of diversity types to the entire system or dataset—is a... Read More about Diversity in complex systems: measuring parts of the distribution to the whole.

Ideal, Best, and Emerging Practices in Creating Artificial Societies (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Giabbanelli, P. J., Voinov, A. A., Castellani, B., & Tornberg, P. (2019, April). Ideal, Best, and Emerging Practices in Creating Artificial Societies. Presented at 2019 Spring Simulation Conference (SpringSim), Tucson, Arizona, USA

Artificial societies used to guide and evaluate policies should be built by following “best practices”. However, this goal may be challenged by the complexity of artificial societies and the interdependence of their sub-systems (e.g., built environme... Read More about Ideal, Best, and Emerging Practices in Creating Artificial Societies.