The Formation of Social Network Assortativity: A Cultural Trait-Matching Mechanism
The preferential attachment mechanism that forms scale-free network cannot display assortativity, i.e., the degree of one node is positively correlated with that of their neighbors in the network. Given the attributes of network nodes, a cultural trait-matching mechanism is further introduced in thi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi-Wiley
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Complexity |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/1873796 |