Diffusion in complex social networks

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 573-590

  López Pintado, Dunia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Diffusion; Hysteresis; Mean field theory; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149136216     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: 10902473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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