The value of a network

Wills-Johnson, Nick; Hornby, P.

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Wills-Johnson, Nick

Hornby, P.

Date

2007

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Journal Article

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Wills-Johnson, Nick and Hornby, Peter. 2007. The value of a network. Modern Applied Science. 1 (4): 37-43.

Source Title

Modern Applied Science

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http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/mas/article/view/2765

ISSN

1913-1852

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This article is published under the Open Access publishing model and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Please refer to the licence to obtain terms for any further reuse or distribution of this work.

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16414

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Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

This paper presents a simple mechanism for quantifying the value which a network createsbased upon the way in which it is connected. The mechanism is grounded in a process of information sharing by nodes and is, in a sense, an extension of Bonacich’s (1972) centrality measure.