Gains, losses and thresholds of influence in social networks

International Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 357-379

  Hamill, J Todd ^a   Deckro, Richard F ^a   Wiley, Victor D ^a   Renfro, Robert S ^a  

^a Air Force Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Influence; Linear programming; Military; Networks and graphs; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848890911     PISSN: 17457645     EISSN: 17457653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJOR.2007.014168     Document Type: Article

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