Social science: Computational social science

David Lazer; Alex Pentland; Lada Adamic; Sinan Aral; Albert László Barabási; Devon Brewer; Nicholas Christakis; Noshir Contractor; James Fowler; Myron Gutmann; Tony Jebara; Gary King; Michael Macy; Deb Roy; Marshall Van Alstyne

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Social science: Computational social science

David Lazer^*, Alex Pentland, Lada Adamic, Sinan Aral, Albert László Barabási, Devon Brewer, Nicholas Christakis, Noshir Contractor, James Fowler, Myron Gutmann, Tony Jebara, Gary King, Michael Macy, Deb Roy, Marshall Van Alstyne

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A field is emerging that leverages the capacity to collect and analyze data at a scale that may reveal patterns of individual and group behaviors.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	721-723
Number of pages	3
Journal	Science
Volume	323
Issue number	5915
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1167742
State	Published - Feb 6 2009

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