Opinion formation in a social network: The role of human activity

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 388, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 961-966

  Grabowski, Andrzej ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOUR PROTECTION NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Complex systems; Dynamic phenomena in complex networks; Human dynamics

Indexed keywords

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ARTIFICIAL SOCIETIES; DYNAMIC PHENOMENA IN COMPLEX NETWORKS; EXTERNAL STIMULATION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN DYNAMICS; HUMAN POPULATION; OPINION FORMATION; SOCIAL IMPACT THEORIES;

COMPLEX NETWORKS;

EID: 58149328381     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2008.11.036     Document Type: Article

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