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Small Worlds

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  • Bruno Codenotti
  • Luca Foschini

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In this tutorial we present some basic ideas behind the notion of Small World. We review the state-of-the-art in the field, and put emphasis on some recent developments, in connection with analyzing the structure of the Web.

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  • Bruno Codenotti & Luca Foschini, 2002. "Small Worlds," LEM Papers Series 2002/11, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy.
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