The stability of centrality measures when networks are sampled

Social Networks

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 283-307

  Costenbader, Elizabeth ^a   Valente, Thomas W ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrality; Sampling; Simulation; Social networks; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242551065     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8733(03)00012-1     Document Type: Article

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