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David A. Ellis
Bio: David A. Ellis is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social relation & Social psychology (sociology). The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 9 citations.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the limits of predictability in human dynamics by studying the mobility patterns of anonymized mobile phone users and find that 93% potential predictability for user mobility across the whole user base.
Abstract: A range of applications, from predicting the spread of human and electronic viruses to city planning and resource management in mobile communications, depend on our ability to foresee the whereabouts and mobility of individuals, raising a fundamental question: To what degree is human behavior predictable? Here we explore the limits of predictability in human dynamics by studying the mobility patterns of anonymized mobile phone users. By measuring the entropy of each individual's trajectory, we find a 93% potential predictability in user mobility across the whole user base. Despite the significant differences in the travel patterns, we find a remarkable lack of variability in predictability, which is largely independent of the distance users cover on a regular basis.
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10 Sep 2014
TL;DR: The supercomputer HAL pleads with the implacable astronaut Dave Bowman in a famous and weirdly poignant scene toward the end of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Abstract: "Dave, stop. Stop, will you? Stop, Dave. Will you stop, Dave?” So the supercomputer HAL pleads with the implacable astronaut Dave Bowman in a famous and weirdly poignant scene toward the end of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Bowman, having nearly been sent to a deep-space death by the malfunctioning machine, is calmly, coldly disconnecting the memory circuits that control its artificial “ brain. “Dave, my mind is going,” HAL says, forlornly. “I can feel it. I can feel it.” 1
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TL;DR: In more, this is the real condition as discussed by the authors, people will be bored to open the thick book with small words to read, but not a book, it's not fault.
Abstract: What do you do to start reading better the devil you know ? Searching the book that you love to read first or find an interesting book that will make you want to read? Everybody has difference with their reason of reading a book. Actuary, reading habit must be from earlier. Many people may be love to read, but not a book. It's not fault. Someone will be bored to open the thick book with small words to read. In more, this is the real condition. So do happen probably with this better the devil you know .
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