Peer influence groups: Identifying dense clusters in large networks

Social Networks

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 261-283

  Moody, James ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohesion; Friendship; Methods; Peer influence; Social network

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042836679     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8733(01)00042-9     Document Type: Article

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