Integration and radiality: Measuring the extent of an individual's connectedness and reachability in a network

Social Networks

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 89-105

  Valente, Thomas W ^a   Foreman, Robert K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031603015     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8733(97)00007-5     Document Type: Article

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