A dynamic process reference model for sparse networks with reciprocity

DOI10.1080/0022250X.2020.1795652zbMATH Open1484.91339arXiv1912.13144OpenAlexW3044597064MaRDI QIDQ5070518FDOQ5070518

Authors: Carter T. Butts 

Publication date: 13 April 2022

Published in: The Journal of Mathematical Sociology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Many social and other networks exhibit stable size scaling relationships, such that features such as mean degree or reciprocation rates change slowly or are approximately constant as the number of vertices increases. Statistical network models built on top of simple Bernoulli baseline (or reference) measures often behave unrealistically in this respect, leading to the development of sparse reference models that preserve features such as mean degree scaling. In this paper, we generalize recent work on the micro-foundations of such reference models to the case of sparse directed graphs with non-vanishing reciprocity, providing a dynamic process interpretation of the emergence of stable macroscopic behavior.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.13144

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zbMATH Keywords

social networksreciprocitydynamic processesreference measuresexponential family random graph modelscontact formation process

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random graphs (graph-theoretic aspects) (05C80) Social networks; opinion dynamics (91D30)

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