How network structure impacts socially reinforced diffusion?
Thesis: S.M. in Management Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, May, 2020
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| author | Sassine, Jad(Jad Georges) |
| author2 | Hazhir Rahmandad. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1269642022-08-29T14:54:56Z How network structure impacts socially reinforced diffusion? Sassine, Jad(Jad Georges) Hazhir Rahmandad. Sloan School of Management. Sloan School of Management Sloan School of Management. Thesis: S.M. in Management Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, May, 2020 Cataloged from the official PDF of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 27-28). Social scientists have long studied adoption choices that depend on the number of prior adopters. What is the effect of network structure on such adoption dynamics? The emerging consensus holds that when agents require a high reinforcement threshold for adoption, clustered networks are better conduits of social contagion than random ones. Using models with deterministic thresholds this argument formalizes the idea that transmission will get 'stuck' should the number of neighboring adopters fall below a threshold. In this paper, we explore the effect of stochastic thresholds on the diffusion races between random and clustered networks. We show that even low probabilities of adoption upon a single contact would tilt the balance in favor of random networks, a tendency that is reinforced with the size of the network. Moreover, if repeated signals from the same adopter can reinforce a message, random networks are further promoted. However, we also show that clustered networks can still be preferred over random networks if adopters become 'inactive' - i.e. they stop sending messages - with high probability. These findings refocus our theoretical understanding of how network structure moderates social influence, and raises new questions on contagion phenomena that benefit from clustered networks. by Jad Sassine. S.M. in Management Research S.M.inManagementResearch Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management 2020-09-03T16:45:37Z 2020-09-03T16:45:37Z 2020 2020 Thesis https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/126964 1191221577 eng MIT theses may be protected by copyright. Please reuse MIT thesis content according to the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy, which is available through the URL provided. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 28 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Sloan School of Management. Sassine, Jad(Jad Georges) How network structure impacts socially reinforced diffusion? |
| title | How network structure impacts socially reinforced diffusion? |
| title_full | How network structure impacts socially reinforced diffusion? |
| title_fullStr | How network structure impacts socially reinforced diffusion? |
| title_full_unstemmed | How network structure impacts socially reinforced diffusion? |
| title_short | How network structure impacts socially reinforced diffusion? |
| title_sort | how network structure impacts socially reinforced diffusion |
| topic | Sloan School of Management. |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/126964 |
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