Dynamical and bursty interactions in social networks

Details Dynamical and bursty interactions in social networks Dynamical and bursty interactions in social networks

2010-02-22

arxiv.org/abs/1002.4109v1

Phys. Rev. E 81, 035101(R) (2010)

Physics

Physics and Society

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.81.035101

We present a modeling framework for dynamical and bursty contact networks made of agents in social interaction. We consider agents' behavior at short time scales, in which the contact network is formed by disconnected cliques of different sizes. At each time a random agent can make a transition from being isolated to being part of a group, or vice-versa. Different distributions of contact times and inter-contact times between individuals are obtained by considering transition probabilities with memory effects, i.e. the transition probabilities for each agent depend both on its state (isolated or interacting) and on the time elapsed since the last change of state. The model lends itself to analytical and numerical investigations. The modeling framework can be easily extended, and paves the way for systematic investigations of dynamical processes occurring on rapidly evolving dynamical networks, such as the propagation of an information, or spreading of diseases.

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