Knowledge diffusion dynamics and network properties of face-to-face interactions

Piergiuseppe Morone () and Richard Taylor ()

Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2004, vol. 14, issue 3, 327-351

Abstract: This paper aims to understand some of the mechanisms which dominate the phenomenon of knowledge diffusion in the process that is called ‘interactive learning’. We examine how knowledge spreads in a network in which agents interact by word of mouth. The social network is structured as a network graph consisting of agents (vertices) and connections (edges) and is situated on a wrapped cellular automata grid forming a torus. The target of this simulation is to test whether knowledge diffuses in a homogeneous way or whether it follows some biased path towards convergence or divergence. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin/Heidelberg 2004

Keywords: Diffusion; Inequality; Knowledge; Network; Small world (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1007/s00191-004-0211-2

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