Modeling the Role of Relationship Fading and Breakup in Social Network Formation.

In social networks of human individuals, social relationships do not necessarily last forever as they can either fade gradually with time, resulting in "link aging," or terminate abruptly, causing "link deletion," as even old friendships may cease. In this paper, we study a socia...

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Main Authors: Yohsuke Murase, Hang-Hyun Jo, János Török, János Kertész, Kimmo Kaski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4503738?pdf=render
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spelling doaj-bb8cf77d928e4023ae16dee844da40052020-11-25T02:14:07ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032015-01-01107e013300510.1371/journal.pone.0133005Modeling the Role of Relationship Fading and Breakup in Social Network Formation.Yohsuke MuraseHang-Hyun JoJános TörökJános KertészKimmo KaskiIn social networks of human individuals, social relationships do not necessarily last forever as they can either fade gradually with time, resulting in "link aging," or terminate abruptly, causing "link deletion," as even old friendships may cease. In this paper, we study a social network formation model where we introduce several ways by which a link termination takes place. If we adopt the link aging, we get a more modular structure with more homogeneously distributed link weights within communities than when link deletion is used. By investigating distributions and relations of various network characteristics, we find that the empirical findings are better reproduced with the link deletion model. This indicates that link deletion plays a more prominent role in organizing social networks than link aging.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4503738?pdf=render
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author Yohsuke Murase
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János Török
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Kimmo Kaski
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Hang-Hyun Jo
János Török
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Modeling the Role of Relationship Fading and Breakup in Social Network Formation.
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title Modeling the Role of Relationship Fading and Breakup in Social Network Formation.
title_short Modeling the Role of Relationship Fading and Breakup in Social Network Formation.
title_full Modeling the Role of Relationship Fading and Breakup in Social Network Formation.
title_fullStr Modeling the Role of Relationship Fading and Breakup in Social Network Formation.
title_full_unstemmed Modeling the Role of Relationship Fading and Breakup in Social Network Formation.
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publishDate 2015-01-01
description In social networks of human individuals, social relationships do not necessarily last forever as they can either fade gradually with time, resulting in "link aging," or terminate abruptly, causing "link deletion," as even old friendships may cease. In this paper, we study a social network formation model where we introduce several ways by which a link termination takes place. If we adopt the link aging, we get a more modular structure with more homogeneously distributed link weights within communities than when link deletion is used. By investigating distributions and relations of various network characteristics, we find that the empirical findings are better reproduced with the link deletion model. This indicates that link deletion plays a more prominent role in organizing social networks than link aging.
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