Understanding tie strength in social networks using a local “bow tie” framework

• Main Authors: Mattie, Heather, Engø-Monsen, Kenth, Ling, Rich, Onnela, Jukka-Pekka
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Social Networks; Bow Tie Framework
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/86809; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45327
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Understanding factors associated with tie strength in social networks is essential in a wide variety of settings. With the internet and cellular phones providing additional avenues of communication, measuring and inferring tie strength has become much more complex. We introduce the social bow tie fr...