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20102012
most citedHomophily and Contagion Are Generically Confounded in Observational Social Network Studies

1k citations · 1.1k across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

cs.SI2012

Contrasting Multiple Social Network Autocorrelations for Binary Outcomes, With Applications To Technology Adoption

Bin Zhang, A. C. Thomas, Patrick Doreian +2

The rise of socially targeted marketing suggests that decisions made by consumers can be predicted not only from their personal tastes and characteristics, but also from the decisi…

stat.AP2011

Discussion of "Network routing in a dynamic environment"

Andrew C. Thomas, Stephen E. Fienberg

Discussion of "Network routing in a dynamic environment" by N.D. Singpurwalla [arXiv:1107.4852]

stat.AP2011★ 1 cited

Variance Decomposition and Replication In Scrabble: When You Can Blame Your Tiles?

Andrew C. Thomas

In the game of Scrabble, letter tiles are drawn uniformly at random from a bag. The variability of possible draws as the game progresses is a source of variation that makes it more…

stat.AP2011★ 1 cited

Valued Ties Tell Fewer Lies, II: Why Not To Dichotomize Network Edges With Bounded Outdegrees

Andrew C. Thomas, Joseph K. Blitzstein

Various methods have been proposed for creating a binary version of a complex network with valued ties. Rather than the default method of choosing a single threshold value about wh…

stat.AP2011★ 31 cited

Valued Ties Tell Fewer Lies: Why Not To Dichotomize Network Edges With Thresholds

Andrew C. Thomas, Joseph K. Blitzstein

In order to conduct analyses of networked systems where connections between individuals take on a range of values - counts, continuous strengths or ordinal rankings - a common tech…

stat.ME2010

Exploring the Consequences of IED Deployment with a Generalized Linear Model Implementation of the Canadian Traveller Problem

Andrew C. Thomas, Stephen E. Fienberg

The deployment of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) along major roadways has been a favoured strategy of insurgents in recent war zones, both for the ability to cause damage to t…