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Exploring the Effects of Link Recommendations on Social Networks (1.0.0)

The purpose of this model is explore how “friend-of-friend” link recommendations, which are commonly used on social networking sites, impact online social network structure. Specifically, this model generates online social networks, by connecting individuals based upon varying proportions of a) connections from the real world and b) link recommendations. Links formed by recommendation mimic mutual connection, or friend-of-friend algorithms. Generated networks can then be analyzed, by the included scripts, to assess the influence that different proportions of link recommendations have on network properties, specifically: clustering, modularity, path length, eccentricity, diameter, and degree distribution.

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Associated Publications

Sibley, C. and Crooks, A.T. (2020), Exploring the Effects of Link Recommendations on Social Networks: An Agent-Based Modeling Approach, Spring Simulation Conference (SpringSim’20), Fairfax, VA.

Exploring the Effects of Link Recommendations on Social Networks 1.0.0

Submitted by Ciara Sibley Published Mar 19, 2020 Last modified Mar 19, 2020
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The purpose of this model is explore how “friend-of-friend” link recommendations, which are commonly used on social networking sites, impact online social network structure. Specifically, this model generates online social networks, by connecting individuals based upon varying proportions of a) connections from the real world and b) link recommendations. Links formed by recommendation mimic mutual connection, or friend-of-friend algorithms. Generated networks can then be analyzed, by the included scripts, to assess the influence that different proportions of link recommendations have on network properties, specifically: clustering, modularity, path length, eccentricity, diameter, and degree distribution.

Release Notes

Please see ODD document.

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Ciara Sibley, Andrew Crooks (2020, March 19). “Exploring the Effects of Link Recommendations on Social Networks” (Version 1.0.0). CoMSES Computational Model Library. Retrieved from: https://www.comses.net/codebases/f65e83f4-23f8-4236-ba37-6da5d7a661b1/releases/1.0.0/

Associated Publication(s)

Sibley, C. and Crooks, A.T. (2020), Exploring the Effects of Link Recommendations on Social Networks: An Agent-Based Modeling Approach, Spring Simulation Conference (SpringSim’20), Fairfax, VA.

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Contributors
Ciara Sibley Andrew Crooks
DOI
No assigned DOI
Model Version
1.0.0
License
GPL-2.0
Programming Language
Python
Software Framework
NetworkX
Operating System
Windows
Publish Date
Thursday, March 19, 2020
Last Updated
Thursday, March 19, 2020
Downloads 150
Peer Review
Unreviewed
Version Submitter First published Last modified Status
1.0.0 Ciara Sibley Thu Mar 19 16:42:22 2020 Thu Mar 19 16:42:22 2020 Published

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