Forecasting Social Unrest Using Activity Cascades.

Social unrest is endemic in many societies, and recent news has drawn attention to happenings in Latin America, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. Civilian populations mobilize, sometimes spontaneously and sometimes in an organized manner, to raise awareness of key issues or to demand changes in g...

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Main Authors: Jose Cadena, Gizem Korkmaz, Chris J Kuhlman, Achla Marathe, Naren Ramakrishnan, Anil Vullikanti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4474666?pdf=render