The small-world phenomenon: An algorithmic perspective

Proceedings of the Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 163-170

  Kleinberg, Jon ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZED ALGORITHMS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HIGH PROBABILITY; LOCAL INFORMATION; NETWORK MODELS; SMALL WORLD PHENOMENON; SOCIAL NETWORKS; WATTS-STROGATZ MODELS;

COMPUTATION THEORY; WORLD WIDE WEB; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

ALGORITHMS;

DECENTRALIZED ALGORITHMS; WATTS-STROGATZ MODELS;

EID: 0033726520     PISSN: 07378017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/335305.335325     Document Type: Conference Paper

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