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September 23, 2003

random connectors @09:46 AM

demonstration of granovetter's theory on the strength of weak ties. nodes are added, and similar nodes--nodes within a small radius of one another when each is created--are linked. however, each node also has a 1/12 probability of becoming a connector node. connector nodes not only are part of the smaller local networks, but also branch out to other nodes outside of the given neighborhood radius. comparing the diameter of the network with the presence of these connectors versus the simplier local networks yields drastically lower numbers for the connector network. in gladwell's terms, these are your paul revere's or your baltimore pimps. they dramatically lower the average degrees of separation for the network, and therefore facilitate any type of epidemics. to do: assign random 'infectious-ness' vars to nodes. allow user to infect network with pieces of sound or text, and see how the information spreads through the network.

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