Clustering, cooperation, and search in social networks

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: Vega-Redondo, F; Marsili, M; Slanina, F
• 署名单位: Universitat d'Alacant; University of Essex; Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP); Czech Academy of Sciences; Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1542-4766
• 发表日期: 2005
• 页码: 628-638
• 关键词: multimarket contact; MODEL

摘要

The paper discusses the important role of clustering in the evolution of social networks, as it affects not only the incentives of players to cooperate but also their ability to search for fresh opportunities. Depending on the volatility of the environment and the social convention in place, we show that network clustering endogenously adapts to achieve and maintain, to the extent possible, a state of high social connectivity in the long run.