Publications

Forecasting the evolution of fast-changing transportation networks using machine learning
Transportation networks play a critical role in human mobility and the exchange of goods, but they are also the primary vehicles for …
Weihua Lei, Luiz G. A. Alves, Luís A. N. Amaral
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Forecasting the evolution of fast-changing transportation networks using machine learning
The rise and fall of countries in the global value chains
Countries become global leaders by controlling international and domestic transactions connecting geographically dispersed production …
Luiz G. A. Alves, Giuseppe Mangioni, Francisco A Rodrigues, Pietro Panzarasa, Yamir Moreno
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The rise and fall of countries in the global value chains
Commuting network effect on urban wealth scaling
Urban scaling theory explains the increasing returns to scale of urban wealth indicators by the per capita increase of human …
Luiz G. A. Alves, Diego Rybski, Haroldo V. Ribeiro
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Commuting network effect on urban wealth scaling
Spreader events and the limitations of projected networks for capturing dynamics on multi-partite networks
Many systems of scientific interest can be conceptualized as multipartite networks. Examples include the spread of sexually transmitted …
Hyojun A. Lee, Luiz G. A. Alves, Luís A. N. Amaral
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Spreader events and the limitations of projected networks for capturing dynamics on multi-partite networks
Collective dynamics of stock market efficiency
Summarized by the efficient market hypothesis, the idea that stock prices fully reflect all available information is always confronted …
Luiz G. A. Alves, Higor Y. D. Sigaki, Matjaž Perc, Haroldo V. Ribeiro
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Collective dynamics of stock market efficiency
Centrality anomalies in complex networks as a result of model over-simplification
Tremendous advances have been made in our understanding of the properties and evolution of complex networks. These advances were …
Luiz G. A. Alves, Alberto Aleta, Francisco A. Rodrigues, Yamir Moreno, Luís A. N. Amaral
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Centrality anomalies in complex networks as a result of model over-simplification
Reconstructing commuters network using machine learning and urban indicators
Human mobility has a significant impact on several layers of society, from infrastructural planning and economics to the spread of …
Gabriel Spadon, André C. P. L. F. de Carvalho, José F. Rodrigues-Jr, Luiz G. A. Alves
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Reconstructing commuters network using machine learning and urban indicators
The nested structural organization of the worldwide trade multi-layer network
Nestedness has traditionally been used to detect assembly patterns in meta-communities and networks of interacting species. Attempts …
Luiz G. A. Alves, Giuseppe Mangioni, Isabella Cingolani, Francisco A Rodrigues, Pietro Panzarasa, Yamir Moreno
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The nested structural organization of the worldwide trade multi-layer network
The hidden traits of endemic illiteracy in cities
In spite of the considerable progress towards reducing illiteracy rates, many countries, including developed ones, have encountered …
Luiz G. A. Alves, José S. Andrade Jr, Quentin S. Hanley, Haroldo V. Ribeiro
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The hidden traits of endemic illiteracy in cities
Unfolding the complexity of the global value chain: Strengths and entropy in the single-layer, multiplex, and multi-layer international trade networks
The worldwide trade network has been widely studied through different data sets and network representations with a view to better …
Luiz G. A. Alves, Giuseppe Mangioni, Francisco A. Rodrigues, Pietro Panzarasa, Yamir Moreno
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Unfolding the complexity of the global value chain: Strengths and entropy in the single-layer, multiplex, and multi-layer international trade networks
Crime prediction through urban metrics and statistical learning
Understanding the causes of crime is a longstanding issue in researcher’s agenda. While it is a hard task to extract causality …
Luiz G. A. Alves, Haroldo V. Ribeiro, Francisco A. Rodrigues
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Crime prediction through urban metrics and statistical learning
The dynamical structure of political corruption networks
Corruptive behaviour in politics limits economic growth, embezzles public funds, and promotes socio-economic inequality in modern …
Haroldo V. Ribeiro, Luiz G. A. Alves, Alvaro F. Martins, Ervin K. Lenzi, Matjaž Perc
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The dynamical structure of political corruption networks
Long-range correlations and fractal dynamics in C. elegans: changes with aging and stress
Reduced motor control is one of the most frequent features associated with aging and disease. Nonlinear and fractal analyses have …
Luiz G. A. Alves, Peter B. Winter, Leonardo N. Ferreira, Renée M. Brielmann, Richard I. Morimoto, Luís A. N. Amaral
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Long-range correlations and fractal dynamics in C. elegans: changes with aging and stress
Transient superdiffusion and long-range correlations in the motility patterns of trypanosomatid flagellate protozoa
We report on a diffusive analysis of the motion of flagellate protozoa species. These parasites are the etiological agents of neglected …
Luiz G. A. Alves, Débora B. Scariot, Renato R. Guimarães, Celso V. Nakamura, Renio S. Mendes, Haroldo V. Ribeiro
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Transient superdiffusion and long-range correlations in the motility patterns of trypanosomatid flagellate protozoa
Characterization of river flow fluctuations via horizontal visibility graphs
We report on a large-scale characterization of river discharges by employing the network framework of the horizontal visibility graph. …
Adriana C. Braga, Luiz G. A. Alves, Leandro S. Costa, Ademir A. Ribeiro, Manoel M. A. Jesus, Angel A. Tateishi, Haroldo V. Ribeiro
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Characterization of river flow fluctuations via horizontal visibility graphs
Scale-adjusted metrics for predicting the evolution of urban indicators and quantifying the performance of cities
More than a half of world population is now living in cities and this number is expected to be two-thirds by 2050. Fostered by the …
Luiz G. A. Alves, Renio S. Mendes, Ervin K. Lenzi, Haroldo V. Ribeiro
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Scale-adjusted metrics for predicting the evolution of urban indicators and quantifying the performance of cities
Spatial correlations, clustering and percolation-like transitions in homicide crimes
The spatial dynamics of criminal activities has been recently studied through statistical physics methods; however, models and results …
Luiz G. A. Alves, Ervin K. Lenzi, Renio S. Mendes, Haroldo V. Ribeiro
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Spatial correlations, clustering and percolation-like transitions in homicide crimes
Analogies between the cracking noise of ethanol-dampened charcoal and earthquakes
We report on an extensive characterization of the cracking noise produced by charcoal samples when dampened with ethanol. We argue that …
Haroldo V. Ribeiro, Leandro S. Costa, Luiz G. A. Alves, Perseu A. Santoro, Sérgio Picoli, Ervin K. Lenzi, Rrenio S. Mendes
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Analogies between the cracking noise of ethanol-dampened charcoal and earthquakes
Solutions for a q-generalized Schrödinger equation of entangled interacting particles
We report on the time dependent solutions of the q-generalized Schrödinger equation proposed by Nobre et al. (2011). Here we …
LGA Alves, HV Ribeiro, MAF Santos, RS Mendes, EK Lenzi
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Solutions for a q-generalized Schrödinger equation of entangled interacting particles
Investigating the interplay between mechanisms of anomalous diffusion via fractional Brownian walks on a comb-like structure
The comb model is a simplified description for anomalous diffusion under geometric constraints. It represents particles spreading out …
Haroldo V. Ribeiro, Angel A. Tateishi, Luiz G. A. Alves, Rafael S. Zola, Ervin K Lenzi
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Investigating the interplay between mechanisms of anomalous diffusion via fractional Brownian walks on a comb-like structure
Empirical analysis on the connection between power-law distributions and allometries for urban indicators
We report on the existing connection between power-law distributions and allometries. As it was first reported in [PLoS ONE 7, e40393 …
Luiz G. A. Alves, Haroldo V. Ribeiro, Ervin K. Lenzi, Renio S. Mendes
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Empirical analysis on the connection between power-law distributions and allometries for urban indicators
Long-range spatial correlations and fluctuation statistics of lightning activity rates in Brazil
We report on a statistical analysis of the lightning activity rates in all Brazilian cities. We find out that the average of lightning …
Haroldo V. Ribeiro, Fernando J. Antonio, Luiz G. A. Alves, Ervin K. Lenzi, Renio S. Mendes
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Long-range spatial correlations and fluctuation statistics of lightning activity rates in Brazil
Distance to the scaling law: a useful approach for unveiling relationships between crime and urban metrics
We report on a quantitative analysis of relationships between the number of homicides, population size and other ten urban metrics. By …
Luiz G. A. Alves, Haroldo V. Ribeiro, Ervin K. Lenzi, Renio S. Mendes
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Distance to the scaling law: a useful approach for unveiling relationships between crime and urban metrics
Scaling laws in the dynamics of crime growth rate
The increasing number of crimes in areas with large concentrations of people have made cities one of the main sources of violence. …
Luiz G. A. Alves, Haroldo V. Ribeiro, Renio S. Mendes
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Scaling laws in the dynamics of crime growth rate