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View SchemaSocial Balance on Networks: The Dynamics of Friendship and Enmity
| Authors | T. Antal, P. L. Krapivsky, S. Redner |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0605183 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0605183 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.physd.2006.09.028 |
| Journal | Physica D 224, 130 (2006) |
Abstract
How do social networks evolve when both friendly and unfriendly relations exist? Here we propose a simple dynamics for social networks in which the sense of a relationship can change so as to eliminate imbalanced triads--relationship triangles that contains 1 or 3 unfriendly links. In this dynamics, a friendly link changes to unfriendly or vice versa in an imbalanced triad to make the triad balanced. Such networks undergo a dynamic phase transition from a steady state to "utopia"--all friendly links--as the amount of network friendliness is changed. Basic features of the long-time dynamics and the phase transition are discussed.
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