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From the last few issues of the Journal of Mathematical Sociology:

• Small Worlds and Cultural Polarization by Flasche and Macy: A computational model of how small worlds networks create clusters of stable views.
• A Choice Model of Occupational Status and Fertility by Hopcroft and Whitmeyer: Using evolutionary theory to predict why men and women are different when it comes to using status to find mates.
• When do Matthew Effects Occur? by Bothner, Haynes, Lee and Smith: Matthew effects don’t happen all the time.
• A Symmetric Adaptive Model of Combat by Buontempo, Potrykus, and Kaufman: Fighting is about feedback loops.

There’s also the standard research on network models (balance, p*) and statistical decision theory. Check it out.

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