Failure in complex social networks

Journal of Mathematical Sociology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-68

  Centola, Damon ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective dynamics; Complex contagions; Diffusion; Network robustness; Scale free networks; Social dynamics; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049153840     PISSN: 0022250X     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222500802536988     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Albert, R., Jeong, H., & Barabasi, A. L. (2000). Error and attack tolerance of complex networks. Nature, 406, 379-381.
2. Axelrod, R. (1997). The dissemination of culture. A model with local convergence and global polarization. J. Con. Res., 41, 203-226.
3. Barabasi, A. L. & Albert, R. (1999). Emergence of scaling in random networks. Science, 286, 509-511.
4. Barabasi, A. L., Albert, R., & Jeong, H. (1999). Mean-field theory for scale-free random networks. Physica A, 272, 173-187.
5. Centola, D., Eguiluz, V., & Macy, M. (2007). Cascade ynamics of complex propagation. Physica A, 374, 449-456.
6. Centola, D. & Macy, M. (2007). Complex contagions and weakness of long ties. Am. J. Soc., 113(3), 702-734.
7. Cohen, R., Erez, K., ben-Avraham, D., & Havlin, S. (2000). Resilience of the internet to random breakdowns. (2000). Phys. Rev. Lett., 85, 4626-4628.
8. Granovetter, M. (1978). Threshold models of collective behavior. Am. J. Soc., 83, 1420-1443.
9. Hartwell, L. H., Hopfield, J. J., Leibler, S., & Murray, A. W. (1999). From molecular to modular cell biology. Nature, 402, 47-52.
10. Holme, P. & Kim, B. J. (2002). Attack vulnerability of complex networks. Phys. Rev. E., 65, 056109.
11. Huberman, B. A. & Adamic, L. A. (1999). Growth dynamics of the World Wide Web. Nature, 401, 131.
12. Keeling, M. J. (1999). The effects of local spatial structure on epidemiological invasions. Proc. R. Soc. Land, B, 266, 859-867.
13. Klemm, K. & Eguiluz, V. M. (2002). Highly clustered scale-free networks. Phys. Rev. E., 65, 036123.
14. McAdam, D. & Paulsen, R. (1933). Specifying the relationship between social ties and activism. Am. J. Soc., 99, 640-667.
15. Newman, M. E. J. (2001). The structure of scientific collaboration networks. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 404-409.
16. Newman, M. E. J. (2003). The structure and function of complex networks. SIAM Review, 45, 167-256.
17. Newman, M. E. J. & Park, J. (2003). Why social networks are different from other types of networks. Phys. Rev. E., 68, 036122.
18. Nowak, M. A. & May, R. M. (1992). Evolutionary games and spatial chaos. Nature, 359, 826-829.
19. Redner, S. (1998). How popular is your paper? an empirical study of the citation distribution. Euro Phys. J. B., 4, 131-134.
20. Riolo, R. L. & Cohen, M. D. (2001). Axelrod R. Evolution of cooperation without reciprocity. Nature, 414, 441-443.
21. Strogatz, S. (2001). Exploring complex networks. Nature, 410, 268-276.
22. Watts, D. J. & Strogatz, S. (1998). Collective dynamics of 'small-world' networks. Nature, 393, 440-442.