Contagion of Cooperation in Static and Fluid Social Networks

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Jordan, Jillian J ^a,d   Rand, David G ^a,d   Arbesman, Samuel ^b,c   Fowler, James H ^e   Christakis, Nicholas A ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROL SYSTEM; COOPERATION; PREDICTION; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; GAME; HUMAN;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GAME THEORY; HUMANS; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 84879249507     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066199     Document Type: Article

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