Understanding social phenomena with the help of mathematical models requires a coherent combination of theory, models, and data together with using valid data analytic methods. The study of social networks through the use of mathematical models is no exception. The intuitions of structural...

Economic agents are not always rational or farsighted and can make decisions according to simple behavioral rules that vary according to situation and can be studied using the tools of evolutionary game theory. Furthermore, such behavioral rules are themselves subject to evolutionary forces....