TY - JOUR
T1 - The physics of higher-order interactions in complex systems
AU - Battiston, Federico
AU - Amico, Enrico
AU - Barrat, Alain
AU - Bianconi, Ginestra
AU - Ferraz de Arruda, Guilherme
AU - Franceschiello, Benedetta
AU - Iacopini, Iacopo
AU - Kéfi, Sonia
AU - Latora, Vito
AU - Moreno, Yamir
AU - Murray, Micah M.
AU - Peixoto, Tiago P.
AU - Vaccarino, Francesco
AU - Petri, Giovanni
PY - 2021/10/31
Y1 - 2021/10/31
N2 - Complex networks have become the main paradigm for modelling the dynamics of interacting systems. However, networks are intrinsically limited to describing pairwise interactions, whereas real-world systems are often characterized by higher-order interactions involving groups of three or more units. Higher-order structures, such as hypergraphs and simplicial complexes, are therefore a better tool to map the real organization of many social, biological and man-made systems. Here, we highlight recent evidence of collective behaviours induced by higher-order interactions, and we outline three key challenges for the physics of higher-order systems.
AB - Complex networks have become the main paradigm for modelling the dynamics of interacting systems. However, networks are intrinsically limited to describing pairwise interactions, whereas real-world systems are often characterized by higher-order interactions involving groups of three or more units. Higher-order structures, such as hypergraphs and simplicial complexes, are therefore a better tool to map the real organization of many social, biological and man-made systems. Here, we highlight recent evidence of collective behaviours induced by higher-order interactions, and we outline three key challenges for the physics of higher-order systems.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85116457224&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1038/s41567-021-01371-4
DO - 10.1038/s41567-021-01371-4
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85116457224
SN - 1745-2473
VL - 17
SP - 1093
EP - 1098
JO - Nature Physics
JF - Nature Physics
IS - 10
ER -