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Dates: during 2009-2009
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...that it’s not okay to treat people as interchangeable nodes. There’s heterogeneity at the level of nodes of network that needs to be accounted for,” Christakis said. The researchers developed a new model, called the “attract and introduce?? model, which outperformed the previous models by including heritable traits of social networks. This new model is based on two parameters: people’s attractiveness level and their tendency to introduce their friends to one other. “The basic idea is that if people...

Author: By Gordon Y. Liao, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Social Networks Based on Genes | 2/6/2009 | See Source »

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