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On the Value of a Social Network

Networking and Internet Architecture 2008-12-16 v1

Abstract

In this paper we investigate the value of a social network with respect to the probability mechanism underlying its structure. Specifically, we compute the value for small world and scale free networks. We provide evidence in support of the value to be given by Zipfs law.

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@article{arxiv.0812.2891,
  title  = {On the Value of a Social Network},
  author = {Sandeep Chalasani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0812.2891},
  year   = {2008}
}

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12 pages; 13 figures