Publications of Sorin Solomon

Generic Complexity

The Microscopic Representation of Complex Macroscopic Phenomena,
S. Solomon,
Annual Reviews of Computational Physics II, pp 243-294,
editor D. Stauffer, World Scientific 1995.
Collective Degrees of Freedom and Multiscale Dynamics in Spin Glasses,
N. Persky and S.Solomon,
Phys. Rev. E. 54, (1996) 4399;
Complexity a Science at 30, S. Solomon and E. Shir,
Europhysics News, Feb-March 2003, p54

Vision (reconstructing 3D bodies from 2D moving points)

Restricted Ability to Recover 3D Global Motion from 1 D Motion Signals:
Theoretical Observations,

N. Rubin, S. Hochstein and S. Solomon,
Vision Research 35, (1995) 569-578.
Restricted Ability to Recover 3D Global Motion from 1 D Motion Signals:
Psychophysical Observations,

N. Rubin, S. Hochstein and S. Solomon,
Vision Research 35, (1995) 463-476.
The Microscopic Bases of Vision, S. Solomon,
in Perspectives on Cognitive Science, vol. 2, ed. B. Kokinov (NBU 1995)



Multiplicative Random Walks, Lotka-Volterra systems,
Returns Distributions and Pareto Laws

Dynamical Explanation for the Emergence of Power Law
in a Stock Market Model,

M. Levy and S. Solomon,
International Journal of Modern Physics C, Vol. 7, No. 1 (1996) 65-72
Power Laws are Logarithmic Boltzmann Laws,
M. Levy and S. Solomon
International Journal of Modern Physics C, Vol. 7, No. 4 (1996) 595.
Spontaneous Scaling Emergence in Generic Stochastic Systems,
S. Solomon and M. Levy
International Journal of Modern Physics C, Vol. 7, No. 5 (1996) 745;
Power-law distributions and Lévy-stable intermittent fluctuations in
stochastic systems of many autocatalytic elements,

O. Malcai O. Biham and S. Solomon,
Phys. Rev. E, 60, 1299 (1999).
New Evidence for the Power Law Distribution of Wealth,
M. Levy and S. Solomon Physica A, 242 (1997) 90.
Generic emergence of power law distributions
and Lévy-stable intermittent fluctuations in discrete logistic systems,

O. Biham, O. Malcai, M. Levy and S. Solomon,
Phys. Rev. E 58, 1352 (1998).
Stochastic Lotka-Volterra Systems of Competing
Auto-catalytic Agents lead Generically to
Truncated Pareto Power Wealth Distribution,
Truncated Levy Distribution of Market Returns,
Clustered Volatility, Booms and Crashes,

S. Solomon, in Decision Technologies for Computational Finance,
edited by A.-P. Refenes, A. N. Burgess, and J. E. Moody
(Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998).
Generalized Lotka Volterra (GLV) Models of Stock Markets,
S. Solomon, pp 301-322 in Applications of Simulation to Social Sciences,
Eds: G Ballot and G Weisbuch; Hermes Science Publications 2000
Power laws in cities population, financial markets and internet sites
(scaling in systems with a variable number of components),

Aharon Blank and Sorin Solomon, Physica A 287 (1-2) (2000) pp.279-288
Power, Lévy, exponential and Gaussian-like regimes
in autocatalytic financial systems,

Z.F. Huang and S. Solomon,
Eur. Phys. J. B 20, (2001) 601-607
Finite market size as a source of extreme wealth inequality
and market instability,

Zhi-Feng Huang and Sorin Solomon,
Physica A, 294 (3-4) (2001) pp. 503-513
Long-time fluctuations in a dynamical model of stock market indices,
Ofer Biham, Zhi-Feng Huang, Ofer Malcai and Sorin Solomon
Phys. Rev. E 64, 026101 (2001)
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Stochastic Multiplicative Processes for Financial Markets,
Zhi-Feng Huang and Sorin Solomon,
Physica A 306 (2002) 412-422
Stability of Pareto-Zipf law in non-stationary economies,
S. Solomon and P. Richmond
in: Economics with heterogeneous interacting agents,
ed. by A.Kirman and J.B. Zimmermann,
Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems,
Springer, Berlin- Heidelberg 2001 page 141
Power Laws of Wealth, Market Order Volumes and Market Returns,
Sorin Solomon, Peter Richmond
Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications,
Vol. 299 (1-2) (2001) pp. 188-197
Power Laws are disguised Boltzmann Laws,
Peter Richmond, Sorin Solomon,
International Journal of Modern Physics C,
Vol. 12, No. 3 (2001) 333-343
Self-Organization and Non-Self-Averaging Effects in
Systems of Discrete Auto-Catalytic Elements,

S. Solomon, pp 351-360 in
Multiscale Computational Methods in Chemistry and Physics
eds. A. Brandt, J. Bernholc and K. Binder, IOS Press 2001;
NATO Science Series III: computer and Systems Sciences Vol. 177.
Volatility driven markets in a generalized Lotka Voltera formalism,
Louzoun. Y. Solomon. S. (2001). Physica A 302 220-233
Theoretical analysis and simulations of the
generalized Lotka-Volterra model,

O. Malcai, O. Biham, P. Richmond and S. Solomon,
Phys. Rev. E66, 031102 (2002).
Co-Evolutionist Stochastic Dynamics: Emergence of
Power-LawsPower-laws in stochastic Lotka-Volterra-Eigen-Schuster Systems,

S. Solomon, P. Richmond, O. Biham and O. Malcai,
in: Towards Cognitive Economics,
Eds: P. Bourgine and J.-P. Nadal, Springer (2003).



Artificial Creativity and Novelty Emergence

Creative Sparks, Jacob Goldenberg, David Mazursky, and Sorin Solomon
Science 285: 1495-1496, 1999;
Toward Identifying the Inventive Templates of New Products:
A Channeled Ideation Approach,

Goldenberg Jacob, David Mazursky, and Sorin Solomon (1999),
Journal of Marketing Research, 36 (May), p. 200-210.
Meme's the Word, Jacob Goldenberg, David Mazursky, and Sorin Solomon
Science 1999 November 19; 286: 1477
Templates of original innovation:
Projecting original incremental innovations from intrinsic information

Goldenberg J. Mazursky D. Solomon S., (1999)
Technological Forecasting and Social Change, May, Vol. 61/1 P. 1-12.
Creativity Templates: Towards Identifying the Fundamental Schemes of Quality
Advertisements,
Goldenberg J. Mazursky D. Solomon S.
Marketing Science, Volume 18, Number 3, 1999
Scrutinizing Creativity,
Dennis Hollenberg;, Jacob Goldenberg, David Mazursky, and Sorin Solomon
Science 1999 December 17; 286: 2269
Microscopic Simulation of the Stock Market
M. Levy, H. Levy and S. Solomon,
Journal de Physique I France 5 (1995) 1087-1103.
A microscopic model of the stock market; Cycles, booms and crashes,
M. Levy, H. Levy and S. Solomon,
Economics Letters 45 (1994) 103-111.
The Complex Dynamics of a Simple Stock Market Model,
M. Levy, N. Persky and S. Solomon
Int. J. of High Speed Computing 8 (1996) 93
Behaviorally realistic simulations of stock markets;
Traders with a soul, Computer,

Solomon S.
Physics Communications 121-122 (1999) 161 .
Pioneers on a new continent: on physics and economics,
Sorin Solomon and Moshe Levy,
Quantitative Finance (IoP) Volume 3, Number 1, C12 February 2003
The Interacting Gaps Model: Reconciling Theoretical and
Numerical Approaches to Limit-Order Models,

L. Muchnik, F. Slanina, and S. Solomon,
Physica A 330 (2003) 232.
Statistical Mechanics of Conventional Traders May Lead to
Non-Conventional Market Behavior,

Lev Muchnik and Sorin Solomon
Physica Scripta, Vol. T106, 41, 2003
An updated Review of the LLS Stock Market Model: Complex
Market Ecology, Power Laws in Wealth Distribution and Market Returns,

Sorin Siolomon and Moshe Levy, p69,
in New Directions in Statistical Physics,
ed. Luc Wille, Springer-Verlag (2004)



Cognitive Science

The Dynamics of Childrens's Drawings,
E. Adi, I. Levin and S. Solomon,
in Perspectives on Cognitive Science,
vol. 2, ed. B. Kokinov (NBU 1995)
Emergence of Representation in Drawing: The Relation
Between Kinematic and Referential Aspects,

Ester Adi-Japha, Iris Levin and S. Solomon
Cognitive Development 13, 25-51 (1998)
What Are Stories Made Of? Quantitative Categorical
Deconstruction of Creation,

Y. Stolov, M. Idel, S. Solomon,
International Journal of Modern Physics C,
Vol. 11, No. 4 (2000) 827-835
Structures of the Mind and Universal Music,
Jacob Goldenberg, David Mazursky, and Sorin Solomon,
Science 2001 June 29; 292: 2433



Global Propagation by Local Rules

Marketing percolation,
J. Goldenberg, B. Libai, S. Solomon, N. Jan and D. Stauffer,
Physica A, 284 (1-4) (2000) pp. 335-347
Social percolation models,
Sorin Solomon, Gerard Weisbuch, Lucilla de Arcangelis, Naeem Jan, Dietrich Stauffer,
Physica A: 277 (1-2) (2000) pp. 239-247
Self-organized percolation and critical sales fluctuations,
Weisbuch G, Solomon S, Int. J. Mod. Phys. C 11: (6) 1263-1272 SEP 2000
Social Percolators and Self Organized Criticality,
in Handbook of Graphs and Networks: From the Genome to the Internet,
pp.113-132 eds. S. Bornholdt and H. G. Schuster, Wiley-VCH, Berlin, 2002
Solving Traffic Jams: Human Intervention or Self-Organization?
E. Mar Or, E. Shir and S. Solomon,
International Journal of Modern Physics, Vol. 14, No. 8 p 1007



Emergence and Patterns in Stochastic Autocatalytic Systems

The importance of being discrete: Life always wins on the surface,
Nadav M. Shnerb, Yoram Louzoun, Eldad Bettelheim, and Sorin Solomon,
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA,
Vol. 97, Issue 19, 10322-10324, September 12, 2000
Adaptation of Autocatalytic Fluctuations to Diffusive Noise,
N. M. Shnerb, E. Bettelheim, Y. Louzoun, O. Agam, S. Solomon,
Phys Rev E Vol 63, No 2, 2001
HIV time hierarchy: winning the war while, loosing all the battles,
Uri Hershberg, Yoram Louzoun, Henri Atlan and Sorin Solomon,
Physica A, 289 (1-2) (2001) pp. 178-190
The Emergence of Spatial Complexity in the immune System,
Louzoun, Y, Solomon. S., Atlan. H., Cohen.I.R. (2001),
Physica A, 297 (1-2) pp. 242-252.
The risk of being unfair, the unstable fate of globalization,
Louzoun. Y. Mazurski. D., Goldberg. J. Solomon. S. (2003),
Artificial Life 4(9) 357 - 370
Innovations Refuse to Die:-The Unforeseen Longevity of
Society Fundamental Ideas,

Mazurski. D., Goldberg. J. Barak.L. Louzoun. Y. Solomon. S., (2003)
Technological forecasting and Social Change In press
Proliferation and competition in discrete biological systems,
Louzoun, Y., Atlan, H., Solomon. S., Cohen, I.R, (2003)
Bulletin of mathematical biology 65(3) 375-396
Reactive Glass and vegetation patterns,
N.M. Shnerb, P. Sarah, H. Lavee and S. Solomon,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 90 0381011 (2003)



Agent-Based Simulations of Stock Markets

Microscopic Simulation of the Stock Market
M. Levy, H. Levy and S. Solomon,
Journal de Physique I France 5 (1995) 1087-1103.
A microscopic model of the stock market; Cycles, booms and crashes,
M. Levy, H. Levy and S. Solomon,
Economics Letters 45 (1994) 103-111.
The Complex Dynamics of a Simple Stock Market Model,
M. Levy, N. Persky and S. Solomon
Int. J. of High Speed Computing 8 (1996) 93
Behaviorally realistic simulations of stock markets;
Traders with a soul, Computer,

Solomon S.
Physics Communications 121-122 (1999) 161 .
Pioneers on a new continent: on physics and economics,
Sorin Solomon and Moshe Levy,
Quantitative Finance (IoP) Volume 3, Number 1, C12 February 2003
The Interacting Gaps Model: Reconciling Theoretical and
Numerical Approaches to Limit-Order Models,

L. Muchnik, F. Slanina, and S. Solomon,
Physica A 330 (2003) 232.
Statistical Mechanics of Conventional Traders May Lead to
Non-Conventional Market Behavior,

Lev Muchnik and Sorin Solomon
Physica Scripta, Vol. T106, 41, 2003
An updated Review of the LLS Stock Market Model: Complex
Market Ecology, Power Laws in Wealth Distribution and Market Returns,

Sorin Siolomon and Moshe Levy, p69,
in New Directions in Statistical Physics,
ed. Luc Wille, Springer-Verlag (2004)



Cognitive Science

The Dynamics of Childrens's Drawings,
E. Adi, I. Levin and S. Solomon,
in Perspectives on Cognitive Science,
vol. 2, ed. B. Kokinov (NBU 1995)
Emergence of Representation in Drawing: The Relation
Between Kinematic and Referential Aspects,

Ester Adi-Japha, Iris Levin and S. Solomon
Cognitive Development 13, 25-51 (1998)
What Are Stories Made Of? Quantitative Categorical
Deconstruction of Creation,

Y. Stolov, M. Idel, S. Solomon,
International Journal of Modern Physics C,
Vol. 11, No. 4 (2000) 827-835
Structures of the Mind and Universal Music,
Jacob Goldenberg, David Mazursky, and Sorin Solomon,
Science 2001 June 29; 292: 2433



Global Propagation by Local Rules

Marketing percolation,
J. Goldenberg, B. Libai, S. Solomon, N. Jan and D. Stauffer,
Physica A, 284 (1-4) (2000) pp. 335-347
Social percolation models,
Sorin Solomon, Gerard Weisbuch, Lucilla de Arcangelis, Naeem Jan, Dietrich Stauffer,
Physica A: 277 (1-2) (2000) pp. 239-247
Self-organized percolation and critical sales fluctuations,
Weisbuch G, Solomon S, Int. J. Mod. Phys. C 11: (6) 1263-1272 SEP 2000
Social Percolators and Self Organized Criticality,
in Handbook of Graphs and Networks: From the Genome to the Internet,
pp.113-132 eds. S. Bornholdt and H. G. Schuster, Wiley-VCH, Berlin, 2002
Solving Traffic Jams: Human Intervention or Self-Organization?
E. Mar Or, E. Shir and S. Solomon,
International Journal of Modern Physics, Vol. 14, No. 8 p 1007



Emergence and Patterns in Stochastic Autocatalytic Systems

The importance of being discrete: Life always wins on the surface,
Nadav M. Shnerb, Yoram Louzoun, Eldad Bettelheim, and Sorin Solomon,
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA,
Vol. 97, Issue 19, 10322-10324, September 12, 2000
Adaptation of Autocatalytic Fluctuations to Diffusive Noise,
N. M. Shnerb, E. Bettelheim, Y. Louzoun, O. Agam, S. Solomon,
Phys Rev E Vol 63, No 2, 2001
HIV time hierarchy: winning the war while, loosing all the battles,
Uri Hershberg, Yoram Louzoun, Henri Atlan and Sorin Solomon,
Physica A, 289 (1-2) (2001) pp. 178-190
The Emergence of Spatial Complexity in the immune System,
Louzoun, Y, Solomon. S., Atlan. H., Cohen.I.R. (2001),
Physica A, 297 (1-2) pp. 242-252.
The risk of being unfair, the unstable fate of globalization,
Louzoun. Y. Mazurski. D., Goldberg. J. Solomon. S. (2003),
Artificial Life 4(9) 357 - 370
Innovations Refuse to Die:-The Unforeseen Longevity of
Society Fundamental Ideas,

Mazurski. D., Goldberg. J. Barak.L. Louzoun. Y. Solomon. S., (2003)
Technological forecasting and Social Change In press
Proliferation and competition in discrete biological systems,
Louzoun, Y., Atlan, H., Solomon. S., Cohen, I.R, (2003)
Bulletin of mathematical biology 65(3) 375-396
Reactive Glass and vegetation patterns,
N.M. Shnerb, P. Sarah, H. Lavee and S. Solomon,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 90 0381011 (2003)