Statistical models for social network dynamics

Thesis

The study of social network dynamics has become an increasingly important component of many disciplines in the social sciences. In the past decade, statistical models and methods have been proposed which permit researchers to draw statistical inference on these dynamics. This thesis builds on one such family of models, the stochastic actor oriented model (SAOM) proposed by Snijders [2001]. Goodness of fit for SAOMs is an area that is only just beginning to be filled in with appropriate method...

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Authors: Lospinoso, J; Joshua Alfred Lospinoso

• Publication date: 2012
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: Oxford University, UK
• Language: English
• Keywords: social network analysis; statistical modeling
• Subjects: Statistics (social sciences); Computationally-intensive statistics; Stochastic processes