The Small-World Problem in a Spatial Context

A K M Stoneham
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A K M Stoneham: Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Downing Place, Cambridge CB2 3EN, England

Environment and Planning A, 1977, vol. 9, issue 2, 185-195

Abstract: The small-world problem poses the question: “How many steps does it take to link any two people, selected at random?†A simulation model is built to examine this question, but focusing on the spatial side of the problem. Four aspects are investigated in detail: the general distribution of steps with parameter changes; channelling effects; the sensitivity of the overall structure to disconnection; and ghettoisation of an area. Some suggestions are made for further possible applications of the model.

Date: 1977
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