TY - GEN
T1 - Courier assignment in social networks
AU - Nickerson, Jeffrey V.
AU - Olariu, Stephan
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Integration is important in politics, business, and technology. In all these fields, the definition of integration is vague. We build a formal measure of integration based on the latency of communication, and show how it can be used to optimize a courier assignment problem. Through simulation, we show how networks grow as couriers are added. Our measure captures the tradeoff between locality and expansion, as well as providing a model for triangle closure. Finally, we form conjectures about political integration which can be tested through empirical research.
AB - Integration is important in politics, business, and technology. In all these fields, the definition of integration is vague. We build a formal measure of integration based on the latency of communication, and show how it can be used to optimize a courier assignment problem. Through simulation, we show how networks grow as couriers are added. Our measure captures the tradeoff between locality and expansion, as well as providing a model for triangle closure. Finally, we form conjectures about political integration which can be tested through empirical research.
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U2 - 10.1109/HICSS.2007.156
DO - 10.1109/HICSS.2007.156
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:39749150363
SN - 0769527558
SN - 9780769527550
T3 - Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
BT - Proceedings of the 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2007, HICSS'07
T2 - 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2007, HICSS'07
Y2 - 3 January 2007 through 6 January 2007
ER -