PLOS Complex Systems

2024 - 2026

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Volume 3, issue 9, 2026

Threshold dynamics of corrective action in a population model of structural discrimination pp. 1-17

Masanori Takano

Multi-scale local network structure critically impacts epidemic spread and interventions pp. 1-28

Omar Eldaghar, Michael W Mahoney and David F Gleich

Volume 3, issue 8, 2026

Agentic AI: Vision and challenges pp. 1-11

Sukhpal Singh Gill, Subramaniam Subramanian Murugesan, Kumar Ankur Anurag, Prabal Verma, Harkiran Kaur, Surendra Kumar and Mohit Kumar

Predicting missing links in COVID-19 infection networks pp. 1-21

Pavlos Alexandros Dimitriou, Valentinos Silvestros, Elisavet Constantinou, Costas Pitris and Panayiotis Kolios

Volume 3, issue 7, 2026

Persistence partitions of real and synthetic networks pp. 1-21

Abigail Jenkins, Nick Callor, Zachary M Boyd, Taylor Gledhill, Raelynn Wonnacott and Benjamin Z Webb

Probability-turbulence divergence: A tunable allotaxonometric instrument for comparing heavy-tailed type-probability distributions pp. 1-24

Peter Sheridan Dodds, Joshua R Minot, Michael V Arnold, Thayer Alshaabi, Jane Lydia Adams, Andrew J Reagan and Christopher M Danforth

Volume 3, issue 6, 2026

Integrating epidemiological and economic dynamics to assess Rift Valley fever vaccination strategies: A system dynamics model from Kenya pp. 1-25

Sirak Bahta, Francis Wanyoike, Bernard Bett and Karl M Rich

Component systems: Do null models explain everything? pp. 1-14

Andrea Mazzolini, Mattia Corigliano, Rossana Droghetti, Matteo Osella and Marco Cosentino Lagomarsino

Volume 3, issue 5, 2026

Structural modeling of campaign finance decisions in the U.S. House of Representatives pp. 1-22

Yidan Sun and Mayank Kejriwal

Online identity and action discourse around the 2020 and 2024 U.S. presidential elections pp. 1-29

Mikhail Lipatov, Lucia Illari, Richard Sear, Akshay Verma, Neil F Johnson and Sergey Gavrilets

Volume 3, issue 4, 2026

Bifurcation, sensitivity, and noise: Stochastic dynamics of cholera with vaccination and sanitation controls pp. 1-20

Hailu Tkue Welu, Yohannes Yirga Kefela, Habtu Alemayehu Atsbaha and Abadi Abraha Asgedom

Assortativity in geometric and scale-free networks pp. 1-37

Marc Kaufmann, Ulysse Schaller, Thomas Bläsius and Johannes Lengler

Volume 3, issue 3, 2026

Fast algorithms to improve fair information access in networks pp. 1-17

Dennis Robert Windham, Caroline J Wendt, Alex Crane, Madelyn J Warr, Freda Shi, Sorelle A Friedler, Blair D Sullivan and Aaron Clauset

Inference and training efficiency in pruned multilayer perceptron networks pp. 1-28

Amirhossein Douzandeh Zenoozi, Laura Erhan, Antonio Liotta and Lucia Cavallaro

Towards a foundational platform for generative agents in simulated city environment pp. 1-26

Fengli Xu, Jun Zhang, Chen Gao, Peijie Liu, Jie Feng and Yong Li

Volume 3, issue 2, 2026

Can adversarial attacks by large language models be attributed? pp. 1-21

Manuel Cebrian, Andres Abeliuk and Jan Arne Telle

A green vehicle routing methodology for assessing optimal fleet mix and cost/emissions tradeoffs given environmental policy incentives pp. 1-25

Griffin M Wilson and Richard T Stone

Weakly supervised contrastive representation learning to encode narrative viewpoint of COVID-19 tweets pp. 1-20

Kin Wai Ng, Nathan Wendt, Jasmine Eshun and Emily Saldanha

Research university assortativity conditions the integration of regional innovation systems pp. 1-30

Alexander Michael Petersen and Andrea Montaño Ramirez

Volume 3, issue 1, 2026

Multiscale mobility: How the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped Mexico’s intermunicipal connectivity pp. 1-25

Issa Moussa Diop, Erika Cruz-Bonilla, Christian Wolff, Hocine Cherifi and Maribel Hernández-Rosales

A typology of rules for knowledge exchange in higher-order interactions pp. 1-19

Anna Sisk, Matthew J Silk, Nakeya D Williams and Nina H Fefferman

A generalized Bayesian framework for maximizing information gain and model selection pp. 1-19

Prem Jagadeesan, Karthik Raman and Arun K Tangirala

A dynamic model of segregation and integration: Incorporating adaptive intolerance, media bias, and conformity into the Schelling framework pp. 1-14

Joseph D Johnson and Marisa C Eisenberg

Volume 2, issue 12, 2025

Reinforcement learning to develop policies for fair and productive employment: A case study on wage theft within the day-laborer community pp. 1-25

Matt Kammer-Kerwick and Evan Aldrich

Autocratic strategies in Cournot oligopoly game pp. 1-23

Masahiko Ueda, Shoma Yagi and Genki Ichinose

Decentralized renewable energy integration in the urban energy markets: A system dynamics approach pp. 1-30

Anton Rozhkov

Volume 2, issue 11, 2025

Food purchase data reveals the locations of London’s ‘food deserts’ pp. 1-23

Tayla P Broadbridge, J Edward F Green, Simon P Preston, Nabil T Fadai and John Maclean

Volume 2, issue 10, 2025

Neural complexity in preterm infants is predicted by developmental variables pp. 1-18

Lorenzo Semeia, Amer Zaylaa, Dimitrios Metaxas, Mina Nourhashemi, Mahdi Mahmoudzadeh, Andreas L Birkenfeld, Katrin Sippel, Pedro A M Mediano, Hubert Preissl, Fabrice Wallois and Joel Frohlich

Inferring leader-follower behavior from presence data in the marine environment: A case study on Reef Manta Rays pp. 1-18

Juan Fernández-Gracia, Jorge P Rodríguez, Lauren R Peel, Konstantin Klemm, Mark G Meekan and Víctor M Eguíluz

FastEnsemble: Scalable ensemble clustering on large networks pp. 1-29

Yasamin Tabatabaee, Eleanor Wedell, Minhyuk Park and Tandy Warnow

Volume 2, issue 9, 2025

Troika algorithm: Approximate optimization for accurate clique partitioning and clustering of weighted networks pp. 1-28

Samin Aref and Boris Ng

A spatial hypergraph model to smoothly interpolate between pairwise graphs and hypergraphs to study higher-order structures pp. 1-27

Omar Eldaghar, Yu Zhu and David Gleich

Volume 2, issue 8, 2025

Volatility-informed SPY forecasting: From CGR-SPY analysis to DLSTM prediction pp. 1-16

Hong Cao, Hao Chen, Yulong Lian and Hong-Kun Zhang

Diachronic data analysis supports and refines conceptual metaphor theory pp. 1-26

Marie Teich, Wilmer Leal and Jürgen Jost

Determining graphlet explanations for machine learning on graphs pp. 1-23

Bettina Soós, Gonzalo Nápoles, Pieter Spronck and Çiçek Güven

Volume 2, issue 7, 2025

Identifying stable communities in Hi-C using multifractal network modularity pp. 1-17

Lucas Hedström, Antón Carcedo and Ludvig Lizana

Evaluating brain electroencephalogram signal dynamics across cognitive disorders using information geometry pp. 1-25

Heng Jie Choong, Eun-jin Kim and Fei He

Connect-while-in-range: Modelling the impact of spatial constraints on dynamic network structures pp. 1-19

Niek Kerssies, Jose Segovia-Martin and James Winters

The complexity of problem-solving human social systems: Structural vs dynamic complexity pp. 1-22

Michael Roos

Volume 2, issue 6, 2025

Informing pandemic intervention strategies through coupled contact tracing and network node prioritization pp. 1-16

Adithya Narayanan, Sarah Muldoon, Matthew Jehrio and Rachael Hageman Blair

Efficient and accurate simulation of infectious diseases on adaptive networks pp. 1-21

Nils Gubela and Max von Kleist

Persistence of wealth inequality from network effects pp. 1-18

Edoardo F Naggi, Simone Rossini, José S Andrade, Caterina AM La Porta and Stefano Zapperi

Volume 2, issue 5, 2025

Centrality in complex networks under incomplete data pp. 1-22

Sergey Shvydun

Energy landscape analysis based on the Ising model: Tutorial review pp. 1-35

Naoki Masuda, Saiful Islam, Si Thu Aung and Takamitsu Watanabe

Volume 2, issue 4, 2025

How local spectral gaps regulate the multistability of Turing patterns on graphs pp. 1-17

Selim Haj Ali and Marc-Thorsten Hütt

Evolution of conditional cooperation in a spatial public goods game pp. 1-13

Francesca Federico, Raksha Balakrishna and Marco A Janssen

Environmental variability promotes the evolution of cooperation among geographically dispersed groups on dynamic networks pp. 1-15

Masaaki Inaba and Eizo Akiyama

Complex economics of simple periodic systems pp. 1-14

Petri P Kärenlampi

Volume 2, issue 3, 2025

Memory signatures in path curvature of self-avoidant model particles are revealed by time delayed self mutual information pp. 1-17

Katherine Daftari and Katherine A Newhall

Volume 2, issue 2, 2025

Patterns of co-occurrent skills in UK job adverts pp. 1-25

Zhaolu Liu, Jonathan M Clarke, Bertha Rohenkohl and Mauricio Barahona

Just in time vs. all in sync: An analysis of two types of synchronization in a minimal model of machine activity in industrial production pp. 1-24

Sanghita Bose, Annick Lesne, Julia Arlinghaus and Marc-Thorsten Hütt

Volume 2, issue 1, 2025

Urban scaling with censored data pp. 1-22

Inês Figueira, Rayan Succar, Roni Barak Ventura and Maurizio Porfiri

Difficult control is related to instability in biologically inspired Boolean networks pp. 1-20

Bryan C Daniels and Enrico Borriello