A deductive approach to friendship networks

Journal of Mathematical Sociology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 147-165

  Whitmeyer, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actor model; Coleman networks; Deductive theory; Friendship networks; Network change; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036660310     PISSN: 0022250X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222500212989     Document Type: Article

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