Mission
The Section for Science of Complex Systems conducts quantitative complex systems research at the Medical University of Vienna - ranging from life science, quantitative social sciences, to applied mathematics and fundamental physics. The section is part of the Center for Medical Statistics, Informatics and Intelligent Systems.
News
2014-05-22 The Washington Post reviews Gamaliel Percino's "Instrumentational complexity of music genres and why simplicity sells".
Recent Publications
S. Thurner, P. Klimek, M. Szell, G. Duftschmid, G. Endel, A. Kautzky-Willer, and D.C. KasperQuantification of excess-risk for diabetes when born in times of hunger, in an entire population of a nation, across a century
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 110, 4703-4707, (2013) [bib]
@ARTICLE{thurner2013qed,
author = {Thurner, S.~ and Klimek, P.~ and Szell, M.~ and Duftschmid, G.~ and Endel, G.~ and Kautzky-Willer, A.~ and Kasper, D.C.~},
title = {Quantification of excess-risk for diabetes when born in times of hunger, in an entire population of a nation, across a century},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA},
year = {2013},
volume = {110},
number = {12},
pages = {4703--4707},
url = {http://www.pnas.org/content/110/12/4703/suppl/DCSupplemental}
}R. Hanel, S. Thurner, and M. Gell-Mann
Generalized entropies and logarithms and their duality relations
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 109, 19151-19154, (2012) [bib]
@ARTICLE{hanel2012gel,
author = {Hanel, R.~ and Thurner, S.~ and Gell-Mann, M.~},
title = {Generalized entropies and logarithms and their duality relations},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA},
year = {2012},
volume = {109},
pages = {19151--19154},
url = {http://www.pnas.org/content/109/47/19151.full.pdf+html?sid=b3fd87a7-31dc-495a-807c-2904c2ee1ef9}
}M. Szell and S. Thurner
How women organize social networks different from men: gender-specific behavior in large-scale social networks
Scientific Reports 3, 1214, (2013) [bib]
@ARTICLE{szell2013hwo,
author = {Szell, M.~ and Thurner, S.~},
title = {How women organize social networks different from men: gender-specific behavior in large-scale social networks},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
year = {2013},
volume = {3},
pages = {1214},
url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.4683}
}P. Klimek, Y. Yegorov, R. Hanel, and S. Thurner
Statistical detection of systematic election irregularities
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 109, 16469-16473, 2012 (for data see also http://www.complex-systems.meduniwien.ac.at/elections/election.html) [bib]
@ARTICLE{klimek2012sds,
author = {Klimek, P.~ and Yegorov, Y.~ and Hanel, R.~ and Thurner, S.~},
title = {Statistical detection of systematic election irregularities},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA},
year = {2012},
volume = {109},
pages = {16469--16473},
note = {for data see also http://www.complex-systems.meduniwien.ac.at/elections/election.html},
url = {http://www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1210722109}
}R. Hanel, M. Pöchacker, M. Schölling, and S. Thurner
A self-organized model for cell-differentiation based on variation of molecular decay rates
PLoS ONE 7, e36679, (2012) [bib]
@ARTICLE{hanel2012smc,
author = {Hanel, R.~ and P{\"o}chacker, M.~ and Sch{\"o}lling, M.~ and Thurner, S.~},
title = {A self-organized model for cell-differentiation based on variation of molecular decay rates},
journal = {PLoS ONE},
year = {2012},
volume = {7},
pages = {e36679},
url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1202.0694v1}
}R. Hanel, S. Thurner, and M. Gell-Mann
Generalized entropies and the transformation group of superstatistics
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 108, 6390-6394, (2011) [bib]
@ARTICLE{hanel2011get,
author = {Hanel, R.~ and Thurner, S.~ and Gell-Mann, M.~},
title = {Generalized entropies and the transformation group of superstatistics},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA},
year = {2011},
volume = {108},
number = {16},
pages = {6390--6394},
url = {http://www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1103539108}
}View all »