Approximating Shortest Paths in Spatial Social Networks

We evaluate an algorithm that efficiently computes short paths in social networks by exploiting their spatial component. The main idea is very simple and builds upon Milgram's seminal social experiment, where target individuals were found by having participants forward, or route, messages towar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ratti, Carlo, Sommer, Christian
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/101694
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2026-5631