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TABLE 5.4: Social network model specifications.
Agents
Actor
Actor memory
Id, number of ties, number of projects,
payoff, pathlengths, degree of centrality, clustering and similarity, well-being
factor, cost
Actor functions
• Post my ties and project details
• Calculate total ties I have
• On random, add or drop a tie
• Calculate total connections
Messages for communication
Actor ties, actor locations, actor wealth
(a) Social centralization.
(b) Social density.
FIGURE 5.13: Evolved centralization and density in networks. Adapted
from [151].
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