Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource
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illustrations
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0691005419
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0691117047
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0691188335
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9780691005416
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9780691117041
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9780691188331
Serie:
Princeton studies in complexity
Inhalt:
The small-world phenomenon states that, soon after meeting a stranger, we are surprised to discover that we are connected through a short chain of acquaintances. This text provides an exploration of the conditions in which a small world can arise
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-256) and index
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Kevin Bacon, the Small World, and Why It All Matters -- Structure -- Social Networks and the Small World -- A Brief History of the Small World -- Difficulties with the Real World -- Reframing the Question to Consider All Worlds -- Background on the Theory of Graphs -- Basic Definitions -- Length and Length Scaling -- Neighbourhoods and Distribution Sequences -- Clustering -- "Lattice Graphs" and Random Graphs -- Dimension and Embedding of Graphs -- Big Worlds and Small Worlds: Models of Graphs -- Relational Graphs -- [alpha]-Graphs -- A Stripped-Down Model: [beta]-Graphs -- Shortcuts and Contractions: Model Invariance -- Lies, Damned Lies, and (More) Statistics -- Spatial Graphs -- Uniform Spatial Graphs -- Gaussian Spatial Graphs -- Main Points in Review -- Explanations and Ruminations -- Going to Extremes -- The Connected-Caveman World -- Moore Graphs as Approximate Random Graphs -- Transitions in Relational Graphs -- Local and Global Length Scales -- Length and Length Scaling -- Clustering Coefficient -- Contractions -- Results and Comparisons with [beta]-Model -- Transitions in Spatial Graphs -- Spatial Length versus Graph Length -- Length and Length Scaling -- Clustering -- Results and Comparisons -- Variations on Spatial and Relational Graphs -- Main Points in Review -- "It's a Small World after All": Three Real Graphs -- Making Bacon -- Examining the Graph -- Comparisons -- The Power of Networks -- Examining the System -- Comparisons -- A Worm's Eye View -- Examining the System -- Comparisons -- Other Systems.
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Watts, Duncan J., 1971- Small worlds Princeton, N.J : Princeton University Press, ©1999
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Informatik
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Wirtschaftswissenschaften
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Soziologie
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Mehr zum Autor:
Watts, Duncan J. 1971-
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