?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F2667%2F&rft.title=Homophily+and+Triadic+Closure+in+Evolving+Social+Networks&rft.creator=Crimaldi%2C+Irene&rft.creator=Del+Vicario%2C+Michela&rft.creator=Morrison%2C+Greg&rft.creator=Quattrociocchi%2C+Walter&rft.creator=Riccaboni%2C+Massimo&rft.subject=H+Social+Sciences+(General)&rft.description=We+present+a+new+network+model+accounting+for+homophily+and+triadic+closure+in+the+evolution+of+social+networks.+In+particular%2C+in+our+model%2C+each+node+is+characterized+by+a+number+of+features+and+the+probability+of+a+link+between%0D%0Atwo+nodes+depends+on+common+features.+The+bipartite+network+of+the+actors+and+features+evolves+according+to+a+dynamics+that+depends+on+three+parameters+that+respectively+regulate+the+preferential+attachment+in+the+transmission%0D%0Aof+the+features+to+the+nodes%2C+the+number+of+new+features+per+node%2C+and+the+power-law+behavior+of+the+total+number+of+observed+features.+We+provide+theoretical+results+and+statistical+estimators+for+the+parameters+of+the+model.%0D%0AWe+validate+our+approach+by+means+of+simulations+and+an+empirical+analysis+of+a+network+of+scientifc+collaborations.&rft.publisher=IMT+Institute+for+Advanced+Studies+Lucca&rft.date=2015-05&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.rights=cc_by_nd&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F2667%2F1%2FWP_3_2015.pdf&rft.identifier=++Crimaldi%2C+Irene+and+Del+Vicario%2C+Michela+and+Morrison%2C+Greg+and+Quattrociocchi%2C+Walter+and+Riccaboni%2C+Massimo++Homophily+and+Triadic+Closure+in+Evolving+Social+Networks.++EIC+working+paper+series++%233%2F2015++++IMT+Institute+for+Advanced+Studies+Lucca+++++++++