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Hi Glenn,

My colleague Laszlo Gulyas and I have done work in this area.
See for example:

http://www.agent2004.anl.gov/Agent2003.pdf

Best wishes,
Elenna


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At the risk of sounding cheeky, I could not help but think that
physicists are rediscovering Goethe's - Elective Affinities with this
article in
Newscientist.com:
<http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18624984.200&feedId=being-h
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http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18624984.200&feedId=being-hu
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One law rules dedicated followers of fashion


* 07 May 2005

* Exclusive from New Scientist Print Edition

* Mark Buchanan

FADS, fashions and dramatic shifts in public opinion all appear to
follow a physical law: one of the laws of magnetism.....


All kidding aside, I thought that there may be some neat implications
for understanding some of the dynamics of networks. Regards, Glenn Brown

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