Information flow in social groups
β Scribed by Fang Wu; Bernardo A. Huberman; Lada A. Adamic; Joshua R. Tyler
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 205 KB
- Volume
- 337
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0378-4371
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