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Article Dans Une Revue Scientific Reports Année : 2021

The switching mechanisms of social network densification

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Densification and sparsification of social networks are attributed to two fundamental mechanisms: a change in the population in the system, and/or a change in the chances that people in the system are connected. In theory, each of these mechanisms generates a distinctive type of densification scaling, but in reality both types are generally mixed. Here, we develop a Bayesian statistical method to identify the extent to which each of these mechanisms is at play at a given point in time, taking the mixed densification scaling as input. We apply the method to networks of face-to-face interactions of individuals and reveal that the main mechanism that causes densification and sparsification occasionally switches, the frequency of which depending on the social context. The proposed method uncovers an inherent regime-switching property of network dynamics, which will provide a new insight into the mechanics behind evolving social interactions.
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hal-03228432 , version 1 (03-06-2021)

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Teruyoshi Kobayashi, Mathieu Génois. The switching mechanisms of social network densification. Scientific Reports, 2021, 11 (1), pp.3160. ⟨10.1038/s41598-021-82432-9⟩. ⟨hal-03228432⟩
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