In the past years, network theory has successfully characterized the interaction among the
constituents of a variety of complex systems, ranging from biological to technological, and …

This article discusses the stochastic actor-oriented model for analyzing panel data of
networks. The model is defined as a continuous-time Markov chain, observed at two or more …

One of the most important tasks in marketing is to create and communicate value to
customers to drive their satisfaction, loyalty, and profitability. In this study, the authors …

Various tools and methods are used in participatory modelling, at different stages of the
process and for different purposes. The diversity of tools and methods can create challenges …

In most natural and engineered systems, a set of entities interact with each other in
complicated patterns that can encompass multiple types of relationships, change in time and …

Throughout the book, we use empirical examples to illustrate the material. Because social
networks are studied in a variety of traditional academic disciplines, we draw our examples …

Graphs are important data representations for describing objects and their relationships,
which appear in a wide diversity of real-world scenarios. As one of a critical problem in this …

It is hard to avoid seeing ethnicity, race, or nationality wherever one looks. Differences in
education, income, and health are often patterned along ethnic or racial lines. But how do …

We survey the literature on the economic consequences of the structure of social networks.
We develop a taxonomy of “macro” and “micro” characteristics of social-interaction networks …

Networks and network analysis are arguably one of the largest growth areas of the early
twenty-first century in the quantitative sciences. Despite roots in social network analysis …