Centrality and power in social networks: A game theoretic approach

Mathematical social sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-54

  Gómez, Daniel ^b   González Arangüena, Enrique ^b   Manuel, Conrado ^b   Owen, Guillermo ^a   del Pozo, Mónica ^b   Tejada, Juan ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Centrality; Game theory; Shapley value; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037908982     PISSN: 01654896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4896(03)00028-3     Document Type: Article

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