Inference of node attributes from social network assortativity

Social networks are known to be assortative with respect to many attributes, such as age, weight, wealth, level of education, ethnicity and gender: Similar people according to these attributes tend to be more connected. This can be explained by influences and homophily. Independently of its origin,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pentland, Alexander (Sandy)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer London 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/130066