A symmetric network consists of a set of positions and a set of bilateral links between these positions. Examples of … symmetric network we define a cooperative transferable utility game that measures the power of each coalition of positions in … the network. Applying the Shapley value to this game yields a network power measure, the beta-measure, which reflects the …

This paper empirically explores relations between network positions in knowledge networks andtrust. In social network … theory the closure argument and the gossip argument describe thisrelation. These two arguments do not distinguish between … abilities andtrust in intentions). The closure argument emphasizes that dense network structures enforceindividuals to be …

Network topology plays a key role in many phenomena, from the spreading of diseases to that of financial crises …. Whenever the whole structure of a network is unknown, one must resort to reconstruction methods that identify the least biased …

We study network formation with n players and link cost α > 0. After the network is built, an adversary randomly …