Empirical analysis of an evolving social network

Science

Volumn 311, Issue 5757, 2006, Pages 88-90

  Kossinets, Gueorgi ^a   Watts, Duncan J ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; TOPOLOGY;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; SHORT NETWORK CYCLES; SOCIAL NETWORKS;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

SOCIAL NETWORK; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; E-MAIL; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; STUDENT; TIME; UNIVERSITY;

ELECTRONIC MAIL; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 30344443646     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1116869     Document Type: Article

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