Network Theory
Metcalfe's law, contagion, and scale-free graphs — why connected systems behave the way they do
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Metcalfe's Law
Robert Metcalfe · Model
Six Degrees of Separation (The Small-World Experiment)
Stanley Milgram · Paper
The Strength of Weak Ties
Mark Granovetter · Paper
Power Laws & Scale-Free Networks
Albert-László Barabási · Paper
Dunbar's Number
Robin Dunbar · Paper
Reed's Law & Group-Forming Networks
David P. Reed · Essay
Preferential Attachment & the Matthew Effect
Robert K. Merton / Derek de Solla Price · Concept
Threshold Models & Cascades
Mark Granovetter / Thomas Schelling · Model