Distinguishing influence-based contagion from homophily-driven diffusion in dynamic networks

Node characteristics and behaviors are often correlated with the structure of social networks over time. While evidence of this type of assortative mixing and temporal clustering of behaviors among linked nodes is used to support claims of peer influence and social contagion in networks, homophily m...

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Main Authors: Aral, Sinan, Sundararajan, Arun, Muchnik, Lev
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61390
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2762-058X