Indirect influence in social networks as an induced percolation phenomenon.

ABSTRACT: Percolation theory has been widely used to study phase transitions in network systems. It has also successfully explained various macroscopic spreading phenomena across different fields. Yet, the theoretical frameworks have been focusing on direct interactions among nodes, while recent empirical observations have shown that indirect interactions are common in many network systems like social and ecological networks, among others. By investigating the detailed mechanism of both direct and indirect influence on scientific collaboration networks, here we show that indirect influence can play the dominant role in behavioral influence. To address the lack of theoretical understanding of such indirect influence on the macroscopic behavior of the system, we propose a percolation mechanism of indi

SUBMITTER: Xie J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8892329 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature