The Role of Network Embeddedness on the Selection of Collaboration Partners: an Agent-based Model with Empirical Validation

Frank Schweitzer, Antonios Garas, Mario V. Tomasello, Giacomo Vaccario, Luca Verginer

Abstract: We use a data-driven agent-based model to study the core–periphery structure of two collaboration networks, R&D alliances between firms and co-authorship relations between scientists. To characteri...