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| Networks, dynamics, and the small-world phenomenon |
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| Author(s): Watts DJ |
| Source: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY Volume: 105 Issue: 2 Pages: 493-527 Published: SEP 1999 |
| Times Cited: 156 References: 62 |
| Abstract: The small-world phenomenon formalized in this article as the coincidence of high local clustering and short global separation, is shown to be a general feature of sparse, decentralized networks that are neither completely ordered nor completely random. Networks of this kind have received little attention, yet they appear to be widespread in the social and natural sciences, as is indicated here by three distinct examples. Furthermore, small admixtures of randomness to an otherwise ordered network can have a dramatic impact on its dynamical, as well as structural, properties-a feature illustrated by a simple model of disease transmission. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: Watts, DJ (reprint author), Santa Fe Inst, 1399 Hyde Pk Rd, Santa Fe, NM 87501 USA |
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1. Santa Fe Inst, Santa Fe, NM 87501 USA |
| Publisher: UNIV CHICAGO PRESS, 5720 SOUTH WOODLAWN AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60637-1603 USA |
| Subject Category: Sociology |
| IDS Number: 241QY |
| ISSN: 0002-9602 |
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