Effects of opposition on the diffusion of complex contagions in social networks: An empirical study

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 6589 LNCS, Issue , 2011, Pages 188-196

  Kuhlman, Chris J ^a   Kumar, V S Anil ^a   Marathe, Madhav V ^a   Ravi, S S ^b   Rosenkrantz, Daniel J ^b  

^a VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

complex contagions; networks; opposition; social influence

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX CONTAGIONS; DIFFUSION PROCESS; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; MULTIPLE INTERACTIONS; NETWORK STRUCTURES; NETWORKS; OPPOSITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INFLUENCE; SOCIAL NETWORKS;

DIFFUSION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 79952372537     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-19656-0_28     Document Type: Conference Paper

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