Empirical social triad statistics can be explained with dyadic homophylic interactions.

ABSTRACT: The remarkable robustness of many social systems has been associated with a peculiar triangular structure in the underlying social networks. Triples of people that have three positive relations (e.g., friendship) between each other are strongly overrepresented. Triples with two negative relations (e.g., enmity) and one positive relation are also overrepresented, and triples with one or three negative relations are drastically suppressed. For almost a century, the mechanism behind these very specific ("balanced") triad statistics remained elusive. Here, we propose a simple realistic adaptive network model, where agents tend to minimize social tension that arises from dyadic interactions. Both opinions of agents and their signed links (positive or negative relations) are updated in the dynam

SUBMITTER: Pham TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8833205 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature