Table 1. Datasets in order of increasing depth of competition .
Here, n is the number of participants and m is the number of matches/interactions. Further information on the datasets is given in the section S1.
| Dataset | n | m | Description | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sports/games | Scrabble | 0.68 | 587 | 23,477 | Scrabble tournament matches 2004–2008 | (26) |
| Basketball | 1.01 | 240 | 10,002 | National Basketball Association games 2015–2022 | (27) | |
| Chess | 1.17 | 917 | 7,007 | Online chess games on lichess.com in 2016 | (28) | |
| Tennis | 1.44 | 1,272 | 29,397 | Association of Tennis Professionals men’s matches 2010–2019 | (29) | |
| Soccer | 1.73 | 1,976 | 7,208 | Men’s international association football matches 2010–2019 | (30) | |
| Video games | 1.77 | 125 | 1,951 | Super Smash Bros Melee tournament matches in 2022 | (31) | |
| Human | Friends | 3.54 | 774 | 2,799 | High-school friend nominations | (32) |
| CS departments | 4.25 | 205 | 4,388 | Doctoral graduates of one department hired as faculty in another | (33) | |
| Business schools | 4.36 | 112 | 7,856 | Doctoral graduates of one department hired as faculty in another | (33) | |
| Animal | Vervet monkeys | 6.01 | 41 | 2,930 | Dominance interactions among a group of wild vervet monkeys | (34) |
| Dogs | 8.74 | 27 | 1,143 | Aggressive behaviors in a group of domestic dogs | (35) | |
| Baboons | 13.19 | 53 | 4,464 | Dominance interactions among a group of captive baboons | (36) | |
| Sparrows | 22.92 | 26 | 1,238 | Attacks and avoidances among sparrows in captivity | (37) | |
| Mice | 26.48 | 30 | 1,230 | Dominance interactions among mice in captivity | (38) | |
| Hyenas | 100.58 | 29 | 1,913 | Dominance interactions among hyenas in captivity | (39) |