Empirical analysis of the evolution of a scientific collaboration network

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 385, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 750-764

  Tomassini, Marco ^a   Luthi, Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Network evolution; Preferential attachment; Scientific collaboration; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; GENETIC PROGRAMMING; STATISTICAL METHODS; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PREFERENTIAL ATTACHMENT; SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION; SOCIAL NETWORKS;

NATURAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

EID: 34548716400     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2007.07.028     Document Type: Article

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