Reading for February 3, 2010

3Feb/100

Best Connected Are Not The Most Influential Spreaders
The study of social networks has thrown up more than a few surprises over the years. In a social network, most nodes are not linked to each other but can easily be reached by a small number of steps. This is the so-called small worlds network.

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