Balance correlations, agentic zeros, and networks: The structure of 192 years of war and peace.

ABSTRACT: Social network extensions of Heider's balance theory have led to a plethora of adaptations, often inconsistent with Heider and each other. We present a general model that permits the description and testing of specific balance theoretic predictions as Heider had originally proposed them. We formulate balance statements as a comparison of two conditional probabilities of a tie: [Formula: see text], conditioned on 2-path relations [Formula: see text] vs. their counterfactual negation, [Formula: see text]. Here q, r and s, are indices that identify elements in a set of mutually exclusive and exhaustive relations in a multigraph (their sum produces a complete graph). This relaxes the dichotomous assumption of a signed graph. We identify neutral ties distinctive from negative and positive ties

SUBMITTER: Dekker D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11661612 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature