Impact of Homophily on Diffusion Dynamics Over Social Networks

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 354-372

  Yavaş, Mustafa ^a   Yücel, Gönenç ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

agent based model; diffusion; formal models; homophily; segregation; simulation; social networks; threshold models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907532333     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439313512464     Document Type: Article

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