Social physics
Jim is also working on models of social systems, including opinion dynamics with continuous opinions and using extensions to pedestrian models to investigate the formation of zig-zag patterns in mountain trails. See,
- Mountain trail formation and the active walker model
S.J.Gilks and J.P.Hague
Int. J. Mod. Phys. C 20 (2009) 869 (22 pages)
(arXiv:0812.1536) - Rise of the centrist: From binary to continous opinion dynamics.
G.A.Baker and J.P.Hague.
Int. J. Mod. Phys. C 19 (2008) 1459 (17 pages)
(arXiv:0804.0165).
Results from our model of mountain trail formation.