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A Perturbative Solution to the Linear Influence/Network Autocorrelation Model Under Network Dynamics
Carter T. Butts
Known by many names and arising in many settings, the forced linear diffusion model is central to the modeling of power and influence within social networks (while also serving as…
Common Ground In Crisis: Causal Narrative Networks of Public Official Communications During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Sabrina Mai, Scott Leo Renshaw, Jeannette Sutton +1
This study investigates the use of causal narratives in public social media communications by U.S. public agencies over the first fifteen months of the COVID-19 pandemic. We extrac…
Calling The Dead: Resilience In The WTC Communication Networks
Selena M. Livas, Scott Leo Renshaw, Carter T. Butts
Organizations in emergency settings must cope with various sources of disruption, most notably personnel loss. Death, incapacitation, or isolation of individuals within an organiza…
California Exodus? A Network Model of Population Redistribution in the United States
Peng Huang, Carter T. Butts
Motivated by debates about California's net migration loss, we employ valued exponential-family random graph models to analyze the inter-county migration flow networks in the Unite…