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dc.contributor.authorAcemoglu, Daron
dc.contributor.authorOzdaglar, Asuman E.
dc.contributor.authorYildiz, Ercan
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-13T14:01:02Z
dc.date.available2012-09-13T14:01:02Z
dc.date.issued2011-12
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-61284-799-3
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-61284-800-6
dc.identifier.issn0743-1546
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/72679
dc.description.abstractWhile social networks do affect diffusion of innovations, the exact nature of these effects are far from clear, and, in many cases, there exist conflicting hypotheses among researchers. In this paper, we focus on the linear threshold model where each individual requires exposure to (potentially) multiple sources of adoption in her neighborhood before adopting the innovation herself. In contrast with the conclusions in the literature, our bounds suggest that innovations might spread further across networks with a smaller degree of clustering. We provide both analytical evidence and simulations for our claims. Finally, we propose an extension for the linear threshold model to better capture the notion of path dependence, i.e., a few minor shocks along the way could alter the course of diffusion significantly.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipCharles Stark Draper Laboratory. Independent Research and Development. University Research & Developmenten_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Science Foundation (U.S.). (Grant number SES-0729361)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited States. Air Force Office of Scientific Research (Grant number FA9550-09-1-0420)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited States. Air Force Office of Scientific Research. (Grant number W911NF-09-1-0556)en_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)en_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CDC.2011.6160999en_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/en_US
dc.sourceMIT web domainen_US
dc.titleDiffusion of innovations in social networksen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationAcemoglu, Daron, Asuman Ozdaglar, and Ercan Yildiz. “Diffusion of Innovations in Social Networks.” Proceedings of the 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC-ECC), 2011. 2329–2334.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economicsen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Information and Decision Systemsen_US
dc.contributor.approverOzdaglar, Asuman E.
dc.contributor.mitauthorAcemoglu, Daron
dc.contributor.mitauthorOzdaglar, Asuman E.
dc.relation.journalProceedings of the 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC-ECC), 2011en_US
dc.eprint.versionAuthor's final manuscripten_US
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaperen_US
dspace.orderedauthorsAcemoglu, Daron; Ozdaglar, Asuman; Yildiz, Ercanen
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1827-1285
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0908-7491
mit.licenseOPEN_ACCESS_POLICYen_US
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