Statistical physics of balance theory.

Triadic relationships are accepted to play a key role in the dynamics of social and political networks. Building on insights gleaned from balance theory in social network studies and from Boltzmann-Gibbs statistical physics, we propose a model to quantitatively capture the dynamics of the four types...

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Main Authors: Andres M Belaza, Kevin Hoefman, Jan Ryckebusch, Aaron Bramson, Milan van den Heuvel, Koen Schoors
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5573279?pdf=render