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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality globally, and is the second main cause of mortality in the UK. Four key modifiable behaviours are known to increase CVD risk, namely: tobacco use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity and harmful use of alcohol. Behaviours that increase the risk of CVD can spread through social networks...
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Tobacco use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, and harmful use of alcohol are key behavioural risk factors for non-communicable diseases, including cardiovascular disease. Individuals’ behaviours and attitudes are affected by their social environment, which can lead to the spreading of a behavioural risk factor through social connecti...
The propagation of concepts through a population of agents can be modelled as a cascade of influence spread from an initial set of individuals. In real-world environments there may be many concepts spreading and interacting, and we may not be able to directly control the target concept we wish to manipulate, requiring indirect manipulation through...
The propagation of concepts in a population of agents is a form of influence spread, which can be modelled as a cascade from a set of initially activated individuals. The study of such influence cascades, in particular the identification of influential individuals, has a wide range of applications including epidemic control, viral marketing and the...
In large populations of autonomous individuals, the propagation of ideas, strategies or infections is determined by the composite effect of interactions between individuals. The propagation of concepts in a population is a form of influence spread and can be modelled as a cascade from a set of initial individuals through the population. Understandi...
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