Why Are There Six Degrees of Separation in a Social Network?
I. Samoylenko, David Aleja, Eva Primo, K. Alfaro-Bittner, Ekaterina Vasilyeva, Kirill Kovalenko, Daniil Musatov, А. М. Райгородский, Regino Criado, Miguel Romance, David Papo, Matjaž Perc, Baruch Barzel, Stefano Boccaletti
Abstract
The ``six degrees of separation'' are the property of the equilibrium state of any network where individuals weigh their aspiration to improve their centrality against the costs incurred in forming or maintaining connections.
Topics & Concepts
Separation (statistics)Computer sciencePhysicsMachine learningOpinion Dynamics and Social InfluenceComplex Network Analysis TechniquesEvolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation