Serendipity in social networks
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Departamento de Electrónica, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Av. España 1680, Valparaíso
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Grupo de Sistemas Complejos, Departamento de Física, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid
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Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Av. España 1680, Valparaíso
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Grupo de Sistemas Complejos and Departamento de Fisica y Mecanica, E.T.S.I. Agrónomos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid
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01 December 2011
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01 June 2012
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Primary: 58F15, 58F17; Secondary: 53C35.
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Serendipity is defined as fortunate discoveries made by chance. In this work we explore the idea that topological measures of a person's social network could be an indicator about how likely that person is to experience fortunate discoveries.
Citation: Werner Creixell, Juan Carlos Losada, Tomás Arredondo, Patricio Olivares, Rosa María Benito. Serendipity in social networks[J]. Networks and Heterogeneous Media, 2012, 7(3): 363-371. doi: 10.3934/nhm.2012.7.363
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Abstract
Serendipity is defined as fortunate discoveries made by chance. In this work we explore the idea that topological measures of a person's social network could be an indicator about how likely that person is to experience fortunate discoveries.
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