, learning and diffusion, and network games. I also include some background on social network characteristics and measurements …, models of network formation, models for the statistical analysis of social networks, as well as community detection. …

Using an agent-based simulation, we illustrate how goal-seeking behavior affects network formation, learning, and … shapes how goal-seeking behavior affects learning. The contingency is network fragility. Fragile connections decay quickly …, exploitation by our manager leads to a dense organizational network, improving information quality, and performance. Decisions by …

from observing the actions of peers. When the social belief is strong and the financial network is fragmented, banks follow … endogenously formed interbank networks, however, less informative signals lead to higher network density and less synchronization …