A stochastic actor-based modelling of the evolution of an intercity corporate network

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 947-966

  Liu, Xingjian ^a   Derudder, Ben ^b,c   Liu, Yaolin ^d   Witlox, Frank ^c   Shen, Wei ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e ESSCA SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Advanced producer service; Intercity corporate network; Network evolution; Stochastic actor based models; Two mode networks

Indexed keywords

ACTOR NETWORK THEORY; NETWORK ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SERVICE SECTOR; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 84876428179     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a45350     Document Type: Article

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