Mechanisms and emergent properties of social structure: the duality of actors and social circles

NetSciX 2026 Conference Submission101 Authors

Keywords: network formation, social circles, social activity, bipartite networks, network mechanisms

TL;DR: This research argues that network structure is primarily shaped by homophily and participation in social events, not just preferential attachment, and shows how this mechanism drives key properties like clustering and segregation.

Submission Number: 101