A statistical mechanics approach to Granovetter theory

Adriano Barra and Elena Agliari

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2012, vol. 391, issue 10, 3017-3026

Abstract: In this paper we try to bridge breakthroughs in quantitative sociology/econometrics, pioneered during the last decades by Mac Fadden, Brock–Durlauf, Granovetter and Watts–Strogatz, by introducing a minimal model able to reproduce essentially all the features of social behavior highlighted by these authors.

Keywords: Quantitative sociology; Small world; Neural network; Stochastic stability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2012.01.007

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