Adjusting for network size and composition effects in exponential-family random graph models

Statistical Methodology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 319-339

  Krivitsky, Pavel N ^a,b   Handcock, Mark S ^c   Morris, Martina ^d  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Egocentrically sampled data; ERGM; Network size; Random graph

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955583510     PISSN: 15723127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stamet.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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