%0 Conference Paper %1 holzhauer2011considering %A Holzhauer, S. %A Krebs, F. %A Ernst, A. %B Kazakov, D., & Tsoulas, G. (Eds.): Proceedings of AISB '11: Social Networks and Multiagent Systems, Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour. %C York, UK %D 2011 %I University of York %K CESR generation homophily network random spatial %P 20-26 %T Considering baseline homophily when generating spatial social networks %U http://www.usf.uni-kassel.de/cesr/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=141&func=fileinfo&id=147 %X Social networks have become an important part of agent-based models, and their structure may have remarkable impact on simulation results. We propose a simple but powerful approach for spatial agent based models which explicitly takes into account restrictions and opportunities imposed by effects of baseline homophily, i.e. the tendency to build up relationships with others that are similar. The resulting network thus reflects social settings and furthermore allows the modeller to influence network properties by adjusting agent type specific parameters. Especially the maximum extension of the search radius and the value by which the radius is extended allows for control of clustering and agent type distribution of personal networks.

@inproceedings{holzhauer2011considering, abstract = {Social networks have become an important part of agent-based models, and their structure may have remarkable impact on simulation results. We propose a simple but powerful approach for spatial agent based models which explicitly takes into account restrictions and opportunities imposed by effects of baseline homophily, i.e. the tendency to build up relationships with others that are similar. The resulting network thus reflects social settings and furthermore allows the modeller to influence network properties by adjusting agent type specific parameters. Especially the maximum extension of the search radius and the value by which the radius is extended allows for control of clustering and agent type distribution of personal networks.}, added-at = {2012-12-05T09:49:22.000+0100}, address = {York, UK}, author = {Holzhauer, S. and Krebs, F. and Ernst, A.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2eb1467de05915a8f06ba1b0c7b3635cb/folke}, booktitle = {Kazakov, D., & Tsoulas, G. (Eds.): Proceedings of AISB '11: Social Networks and Multiagent Systems, Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour.}, interhash = {03e059c547d585cb7039383092278663}, intrahash = {eb1467de05915a8f06ba1b0c7b3635cb}, keywords = {CESR generation homophily network random spatial}, organization = {AISB (Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour)}, pages = {20-26}, publisher = {University of York}, timestamp = {2012-12-05T09:49:22.000+0100}, title = {Considering baseline homophily when generating spatial social networks}, url = {http://www.usf.uni-kassel.de/cesr/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=141&func=fileinfo&id=147}, year = 2011 }