Triadic closure dynamics drives scaling laws in social multiplex networks
Social networks exhibit scaling laws for several structural characteristics, such as degree distribution, scaling of the attachment kernel and clustering coefficients as a function of node degree. A detailed understanding if and how these scaling laws are inter-related is missing so far, let alone w...
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| description | Social networks exhibit scaling laws for several structural characteristics, such as degree distribution, scaling of the attachment kernel and clustering coefficients as a function of node degree. A detailed understanding if and how these scaling laws are inter-related is missing so far, let alone whether they can be understood through a common, dynamical principle. We propose a simple model for stationary network formation and show that the three mentioned scaling relations follow as natural consequences of triadic closure. The validity of the model is tested on multiplex data from a well-studied massive multiplayer online game. We find that the three scaling exponents observed in the multiplex data for the friendship, communication and trading networks can simultaneously be explained by the model. These results suggest that triadic closure could be identified as one of the fundamental dynamical principles in social multiplex network formation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0a97502ad4e1448bb4b542ccd9eebdb82023-08-08T11:09:38ZengIOP PublishingNew Journal of Physics1367-26302013-01-0115606300810.1088/1367-2630/15/6/063008Triadic closure dynamics drives scaling laws in social multiplex networksPeter Klimek0Stefan Thurner1Section for Science of Complex Systems, Medical University of Vienna , Spitalgasse 23, Vienna, A-1090, AustriaSection for Science of Complex Systems, Medical University of Vienna , Spitalgasse 23, Vienna, A-1090, Austria; Santa Fe Institute , 1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA; IIASA, Schlossplatz 1, A-2361 Laxenburg, AustriaSocial networks exhibit scaling laws for several structural characteristics, such as degree distribution, scaling of the attachment kernel and clustering coefficients as a function of node degree. A detailed understanding if and how these scaling laws are inter-related is missing so far, let alone whether they can be understood through a common, dynamical principle. We propose a simple model for stationary network formation and show that the three mentioned scaling relations follow as natural consequences of triadic closure. The validity of the model is tested on multiplex data from a well-studied massive multiplayer online game. We find that the three scaling exponents observed in the multiplex data for the friendship, communication and trading networks can simultaneously be explained by the model. These results suggest that triadic closure could be identified as one of the fundamental dynamical principles in social multiplex network formation.https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/15/6/063008 |
| spellingShingle | Peter Klimek Stefan Thurner Triadic closure dynamics drives scaling laws in social multiplex networks New Journal of Physics |
| title | Triadic closure dynamics drives scaling laws in social multiplex networks |
| title_full | Triadic closure dynamics drives scaling laws in social multiplex networks |
| title_fullStr | Triadic closure dynamics drives scaling laws in social multiplex networks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Triadic closure dynamics drives scaling laws in social multiplex networks |
| title_short | Triadic closure dynamics drives scaling laws in social multiplex networks |
| title_sort | triadic closure dynamics drives scaling laws in social multiplex networks |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/15/6/063008 |
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