Multidimensional homophily in friendship networks

Network Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 189-212

  Block, Per ^a   Grund, Thomas ^b,c  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Futures Studies   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

adolescent networks; homophily; network evolution; stochastic actor oriented models

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014302974     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20501250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/nws.2014.17     Document Type: Article

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