Some dynamics of social balance processes: Bringing Heider back into balance theory

Social Networks

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-49

  Hummon, Norman P ^a   Doreian, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based simulation; Balance theory; Group dynamics; Structural balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037210130     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8733(02)00019-9     Document Type: Article

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