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Begin micro-behaviour
Begin description:
Create a social network where the number of bi-directional links each member has follows a normal distribution.
End description
Normal distribution social network
Begin NetLogo code:
substitute-text-area-for average-acquaintance-count-in-normal-symmetric-network 4 substitute-text-area-for community-expression all-individuals do-after-setup [let average-acquaintance-count average-acquaintance-count-in-normal-symmetric-network output-print (word "Initialising the social network so everyone has an average of " average-acquaintance-count " acquaintances with a normal distribution.") let entire-community community-expression let total-population count entire-community if total-population < average-acquaintance-count + 1 [output-print (word "Too small a population to create " average-acquaintance-count " average number of links.") stop] let total-links round (0.5 * average-acquaintance-count * total-population) repeat total-links [let a one-of entire-community let b one-of entire-community while [a = b or member? a [my-links] of b] [set b one-of entire-community] ; try again until someone found ask a [create-link-with b]] output-print "Initialisation completed."]
End NetLogo code
You can edit the text areas to change the average number of acquaintances per person or to change the set of individuals that are to be linked together.
The Power law social network behaviour assigns acquaintances to each individual to create a power law distribution.
Each link is added to two random members of the population with equal probability. The code ensures that no duplicate or self links are created.
Normal distribution social network was implemented by Ken Kahn on 3 February 2011. Updated 11 May 2011.
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