Structure and time evolution of an Internet dating community

Social Networks

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-174

  Holme, Petter ^a   Edling, Christofer R ^b   Liljeros, Fredrik ^b,c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Communication; Complex networks; Internet community; Time evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842661569     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2004.01.007     Document Type: Article

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