Influence networks

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 776-787

  López Pintado, Dunia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diffusion threshold; Endemic state; Networks; Social influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860624567     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: 10902473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2012.01.008     Document Type: Article

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