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Exploring the Structure of Contact Networks at Multiple Scales

Year: 2016

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: This study examines the scale effects on the network structure and spatial structure of contact networks.Regular grids with different cell sizes are used to divide one observed and two reference random networks into multiple scales.Four metrics are used to represent the two structures.Results show that the network structure of the observed network is sensitive to scale changes at fine scales.In comparison, the clustered spatial structure is scale independent.

Source: International Conference on GIScience Short Paper Proceedings

DOI: 10.21433/b31126g8f7cd

Authors: Peng Gao, Ling Bian

Institution: University at Buffalo, State University of New York

Language: English

Topic: Complex Network Analysis Techniques

Subfield: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of General Medical Sciences

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