Networking the seceder model: Group formation in social and economic systems.
The seceder model illustrates how the desire to be different from the average can lead to formation of groups in a population. We turn the original, agent based, seceder model into a model of network evolution. We find that the structural characteristics of our model closely match empirical social networks. Statistics for the dynamics of group formation are also given. Extensions of the model to networks of companies are also discussed.
Grönlund
Andreas
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Department of Physics, Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden. glonlund@tp.umn.se
Holme
Petter
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