On optimising personal network size to manage information flow

Journal article

PN refer to the set of ties a specific individual has with other people. There is significant variation in the size of an individual's PN and this paper explores the effect of variation in PN size on information flow through complete social networks. We analyse degree distributions from two personal network datasets and seek to characterise PN size variations. Random matrix analysis is used to demonstrate that the specific mixture of PN sizes plays an important role in shaping the pattern of ...

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Authors: Lu, Y; Roberts, S; Cheng, T; Dunbar, R; Lió, P

• Journal: International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, Proceedings
• Pages: 19-26
• Publication date: 2009-01-01
• DOI: 10.1145/1651274.1651279
• Language: English
• Keywords: Social networks; Random matrix theory; Spectral graph theory