Concurrency and commitment: Network scheduling and its consequences for diffusion

Journal of Mathematical Sociology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 295-323

  Gibson, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Networks; Scheduling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744539984     PISSN: 0022250X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222500590957491     Document Type: Article

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