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Actions by entities within a system

Behavior or behaviour is the range of actions of organisms, individuals, systems or artificial entities in some environment. These systems can include other systems or organisms as well as the inanimate physical environment. It is the computed response of the system or organism to various stimuli or inputs, whether internal or external, conscious or subconscious, overt or covert, and voluntary or involuntary. While some behavior is produced in response to an organism's environment, behavior can also be the product of intrinsic motivation, also referred to as "agency" or "free will". Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: BehaviorA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Quantile Connectedness: Modeling Tail Behavior in the Topology of Financial NetworksInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: The theory of planned behaviorCited 71,652 times
  5. Go sideways: Behavioral plasticityA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: BehaviorismA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Noun Human conduct relative to social norms.

Noun An inappropriate or forbidden action.

Noun The way or manner a living creature behaves or acts generally.

Noun A state of probation about one's conduct.

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  1. Models
  2. In management
  3. Behavior informatics
  4. Health

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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