Formation and evolution mechanisms in online network of students: the Vkontakte case

P. 263–274.

Докука С. В., Валеева Д. Р., Юдкевич М. М.

The mechanisms of real-world social network formation and evolution are one of the most important topics in the field of network science. In this study we collect data about the development of the Vkontakte (a popular Russian social networking site) network of first-year students at a Russian university. We analyze the network formation process from the moment of network establishing until its stabilization. Using Conditional Uniform Graph Test, we compare the graph-level indices of the observed network with random same-size networks that were generated according to random, preferential attachment, and small-world algorithms. We propose two explanatory mechanisms of online network growth: the connected component attachment mechanism and the brokerage mechanism.

Ключевые слова: higher education, network growth, network evolution, online networks, student networks

ПУБЛИКАЦИЯ ПОДГОТОВЛЕНА ПО РЕЗУЛЬТАТАМ ПРОЕКТА: Институциональный анализ детерминант поведения экономических агентов на разных рынках (2015)

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Analysis of Images, Social Networks and Texts. 4th International Conference, AIST 2015, Yekaterinburg, Russia, April 9–11, 2015, Revised Selected Papers

Vol. 542: Series: Communications in Computer and Information Science. , Switzerland: Springer, 2015.