networks through a framework of network preferences when seeking career-related advice with specific focus on three key … men’s and women’s network preferences. I find that both men and women most prefer seeking advice from same-sex multiplex … personal networks because it highlights the complex psychology that drive network preferences regarding gender-based homophily …

We introduce a diffusion of innovation model based on a network threshold approach. Realistic network and threshold … illustrate these interdependencies we outline how the impact of an actor targeted by a change agent spreads through the network …

these two strategies, including the creation of a bridge network communication infrastructure. The study disclosed other …

accommodate usersdemand. In this dissertation research, the problem of nonparametric and Moment-Based estimations of network flow … this approach, particularly suitedfor mixture distributions that appear in real network traces, is also considered. Lastly …, estimation of traffic characteristic acrossthe network and sampling allocation problem is studied. The proposed approaches are …

individual agency and social structure. Using examples from economics and politics, I illustrate the four principal causes of …