Importance of extremists for the structure of social networks

Blanchard P, Fortunato S, Krüger T (2005)
PHYSICAL REVIEW E 71(5): 056114.

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Abstract / Bemerkung
The structure and the properties of complex networks essentially depend on the way nodes get connected to each other. We assume here that each node has a feature which attracts the others. We model the situation by assigning two numbers to each node, omega and alpha, where omega indicates some property of the node and alpha the affinity towards that property. A node A is more likely to establish a connection with a node B if B has a high value of omega and A has a high value of alpha. Simple computer simulations show that networks built according to this principle have a degree distribution with a power-law tail, whose exponent is determined only by the nodes with the largest value of the affinity alpha (the "extremists"). This means that the extremists lead the formation process of the network and manage to shape the final topology of the system. The latter phenomenon may have implications in the study of social networks and in epidemiology.
Erscheinungsjahr
2005
Zeitschriftentitel
PHYSICAL REVIEW E
Band
71
Ausgabe
5
Seite(n)
056114
ISSN
1539-3755
eISSN
1550-2376
Page URI
https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/1602320

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Blanchard P, Fortunato S, Krüger T. Importance of extremists for the structure of social networks. PHYSICAL REVIEW E. 2005;71(5):056114.
Blanchard, P., Fortunato, S., & Krüger, T. (2005). Importance of extremists for the structure of social networks. PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 71(5), 056114. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.71.056114
Blanchard, Philippe, Fortunato, S, and Krüger, Tyll. 2005. “Importance of extremists for the structure of social networks”. PHYSICAL REVIEW E 71 (5): 056114.
Blanchard, P., Fortunato, S., and Krüger, T. (2005). Importance of extremists for the structure of social networks. PHYSICAL REVIEW E 71, 056114.
Blanchard, P., Fortunato, S., & Krüger, T., 2005. Importance of extremists for the structure of social networks. PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 71(5), p 056114.
P. Blanchard, S. Fortunato, and T. Krüger, “Importance of extremists for the structure of social networks”, PHYSICAL REVIEW E, vol. 71, 2005, pp. 056114.
Blanchard, P., Fortunato, S., Krüger, T.: Importance of extremists for the structure of social networks. PHYSICAL REVIEW E. 71, 056114 (2005).
Blanchard, Philippe, Fortunato, S, and Krüger, Tyll. “Importance of extremists for the structure of social networks”. PHYSICAL REVIEW E 71.5 (2005): 056114.

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Barber MJ, Krueger A, Krueger T, Roediger-Schluga T., Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 73(3 pt 2), 2006
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