Considering baseline homophily when generating spatial social networks for agent-based modelling

Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 128-150

  Holzhauer, Sascha ^a   Krebs, Friedrich ^a   Ernst, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agent milieus; Empirical social networks; Network generator; Spatial agent based modelling

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED MODEL; AGENT-BASED MODELLING; INFLUENCE NETWORKS; PERSONAL NETWORKS; POTENTIAL PARTNERS; REMARKABLE IMPACT; SOCIAL NETWORKS; SPATIAL AGENT-BASED MODELS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84878454649     PISSN: 1381298X     EISSN: 15729346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10588-012-9145-7     Document Type: Article

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