This pilot project entailed the development of a new social network data collection software tool called Netriks. The new version of the tool was successfully completed and is capable of capturing...
Soon, sequencing one’s genome may become as commonplace as getting an X-ray. Consequently, personal genomes will increasingly serve as the lenses through which the public views biology....
Networks in the Brain
Neurons are a primary cellular constituent of the brain. We each have about 1012 neurons, each making perhaps 5 x 104 connections to other neurons. Each connection (synapse) is...
A fundamental issue for economists is understanding the ways social learning, via word-of-mouth (WOM) between friends, affects demand; and hence, a firm’s pricing and advertising strategies. I...
Social networks are fluid and interstitial social objects. When social networks link otherwise distinct social groups, they often fundamentally transform those groups and the societies they are a...
Soon, many network optimization problems will involve each node in the network making decisions to achieve a global objective. Does the decision maker at a node need to know the structure of the...
The model analyzes the interactive behavior of agents who chose their individual action, a, based on their private preference, θ, and the average action of the other agents, A:
a = (1-r)θ +rA
We...