Networking the seceder model: Group formation in social and economic systems

2003/12/01 by Andreas Grönlund, Andreas Gronlund, Petter Holme
Physics and Astronomy · Social Sciences · #Complex Network Analysis Techniques #Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation #Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence #cond-mat.dis-nn

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreve.70.036108

published as Phys. Rev. E 70, 036108 (2004)

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Abstract

The seceder model illustrates how the desire to be different from the average can lead to formation of groups in a population. We turn the original, agent based, seceder model into a model of network evolution. We find that the structural characteristics of our model closely match empirical social networks. Statistics for the dynamics of group formation are also given. Extensions of the model to networks of companies are also discussed.

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