Dynamic threshold models of collective action in social networks

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3991-3996

  Liu, Ji ^a   Hassanpour, Navid ^b   Tatikonda, Sekhar ^a   Morse, A Stephen ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION;

DECENTRALIZED PLANNING; DYNAMIC THRESHOLD; FULL CONNECTIVITIES; HETEROGENEOUS AGENTS; INNOVATION ADOPTION; INNOVATION DIFFUSION; LOCAL INTERACTIONS; THRESHOLD LEARNING;

GRAPH STRUCTURES;

EID: 84874260774     PISSN: 07431546     EISSN: 25762370     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CDC.2012.6426657     Document Type: Conference Paper

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