Weighted interaction semigroups

Journal of Mathematical Sociology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 139-161

  Barnes, G R ^a   Cerrito, P B ^a   Levi, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Group; Interaction semigroup; Semigroup; Social structure; Weighted inner product

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035649283     PISSN: 0022250X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0022250X.2001.9990248     Document Type: Article

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