The Dynamics of Closeness and Betweenness

Journal of Mathematical Sociology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 159-191

  Buechel, Berno ^a   Buskens, Vincent ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

betweenness centrality; closeness centrality; network dynamics; network formation; social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879723299     PISSN: 0022250X     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0022250X.2011.597011     Document Type: Article

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