The networked seceder model: Group formation in social and economic systems
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
The seceder model illustrates how the desire to be different than the average can lead to formation of groups in a population. We turn the original, agent based, seceder model into a model of network evolution. We find that the structural characteristics our model closely matches empirical social networks. Statistics for the dynamics of group formation are also given. Extensions of the model to networks of companies are also discussed.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0312010,
title = {The networked seceder model: Group formation in social and economic systems},
author = {Andreas Gronlund and Petter Holme},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0312010},
year = {2007}
}