Community structure in Congressional cosponsorship networks

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 387, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1705-1712

  Zhang, Yan ^a   Friend, A J ^b   Traud, Amanda L ^c   Porter, Mason A ^d   Fowler, James H ^e   Mucha, Peter J ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Complex networks; Modularity; Social networks

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPLEX NETWORKS; MODULARITY; POLITICAL POLARIZATION; SOCIAL NETWORKS;

STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

EID: 37549029529     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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