TY  - JOUR
KW  - PACS: 89.75.?k; 89.75.Hc; 89.65.?s. Keywords:Social networks; Assortativity
AV  - none
TI  - Social network growth with assortative mixing
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2004.02.033
SN  - 0378-4371
N2  - Networks representing social systems display specific features that put them apart from biological and technological ones. In particular, the number of links attached to a node is positively correlated to that of its nearest neighbours. We develop a model that reproduces this feature, starting from microscopical mechanisms of growth. The statistical properties arising from the simulations are in good agreement with those of the real-world social networks of scientists co-authoring papers in condensed matter physics. Moreover, the model highlights the determinant role of correlations in shaping the network's topology.
ID  - eprints1116
EP  - 124
Y1  - 2004/03//
JF  - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
IS  - 1-2
PB  - Elsevier
A1  - Catanzaro, Michele
A1  - Caldarelli, Guido
A1  - Pietronero, Luciano
SP  - 119
VL  - 338
ER  -