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How Variability in Individual Patterns of Behavior Changes the Structural Properties of Networks

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  • Somayeh Koohborfardhaghighi

    (Technology Management, Economics, and Policy Program, College of Engineering, Seoul National University)

  • Jorn Altmann

    (Technology Management, Economics, and Policy Program, College of Engineering, Seoul National University)

Abstract

Dynamic processes in complex networks have received much attention. This attention reflects the fact that dynamic processes are the main source of changes in the structural properties of complex networks (e.g., clustering coefficient and average shortest-path length). In this paper, we develop an agent-based model to capture, compare, and explain the structural changes within a growing social network with respect to individuals’ social characteristics (e.g., their activities for expanding social relations beyond their social circles). According to our simulation results, the probability increases that the network’s average shortest-path length is between 3 and 4, if most of the dynamic processes are based on random link formations. That means, in Facebook, the existing average shortest path length of 4.7 can even shrink to smaller values. Another result is that, if the node increase is larger than the link increase when the network is formed, the probability increases that the average shortest-path length is between 4 and 8.

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  • Somayeh Koohborfardhaghighi & Jorn Altmann, 2014. "How Variability in Individual Patterns of Behavior Changes the Structural Properties of Networks," TEMEP Discussion Papers 2014114, Seoul National University; Technology Management, Economics, and Policy Program (TEMEP), revised Jun 2014.
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    Keywords

    Network Properties; Network Growth Models; Small World Theory; Network Science; Simulation; Clustering Coefficient; Complex Networks.;
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    JEL classification:

    • C02 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - General - - - Mathematical Economics
    • C6 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling
    • C15 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Statistical Simulation Methods: General
    • D85 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Network Formation

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