Week 8: Networks in Action
April 1st, 2009 Ashwin
This week, we dive into the some examples of the ways in which social network analysis can be put to work. Hurlbert et al consider the question of how networks allocate resources. They examine the case of a hurricane to understand how the activation of ties in networks is influenced by the structure of an individual’s core network. In contrast, Adamic et al study a social network application set up at Stanford, to examine aggregate phenomena in the network, including the strength of weak ties and clustering, and also how users view themselves and one another, based on the profiles they set up.
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