A spatial model for social networks

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 360, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-120

  Wong, Ling Heng ^a   Pattison, Philippa ^a   Robins, Garry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community structure; Homophily; Small world; Social networks; Spatial model

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HOMOPHILY; SMALL WORLD; SOCIAL NETWORKS; SPATIAL MODEL;

GRAPH THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 33748697735     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2005.04.029     Document Type: Article

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