Network formation in the political blogosphere: An application of agent based simulation and e-research tools

Computational Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 383-398

  Ackland, Robert ^a   Shorish, Jamsheed ^b,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based simulation; Blogosphere; e Research; Network formation; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350101420     PISSN: 09277099     EISSN: 15729974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10614-009-9173-7     Document Type: Article

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