Serendipity in social networks

Werner Creixell; Juan Carlos Losada; Tomás Arredondo; Patricio Olivares; Rosa María Benito

doi:10.3934/nhm.2012.7.363

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2012, Volume 7, Issue 3: 363-371. Doi: 10.3934/nhm.2012.7.363

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Serendipity in social networks

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Departamento de Electrónica, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Av. España 1680, Valparaíso
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Grupo de Sistemas Complejos, Departamento de Física, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid
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Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Av. España 1680, Valparaíso
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Grupo de Sistemas Complejos and Departamento de Fisica y Mecanica, E.T.S.I. Agrónomos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid

Received: November 30, 2011

Revised: May 31, 2012

Published: August 2012

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Serendipity is defined as fortunate discoveries made by chance. In this work we explore the idea that topological measures of a person's social network could be an indicator about how likely that person is to experience fortunate discoveries.

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Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 58F15, 58F17; Secondary: 53C35.

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