Diffusion processes through social groups' dynamics

Advances in Complex Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 151-167

  Apolloni, Andrea ^a   Gargiulo, Floriana ^b  

^a ENS Lyon   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

complex diffusion; Complex system; evolving network; groups' dynamics; simple diffusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955438152     PISSN: 02195259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219525911003037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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