Probability Seminar: Coexistence in markets

Probability Seminar: Coexistence in markets

Probability Seminar
Mar 13, 2013, 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM | 332 Evans Field | Happening As Scheduled
Miklos Racz, UC Berkeley
We introduce a new model of type adoption on a dynamic network. The key property of our model is that type choices evolve simultaneously with the network itself. When a new node joins the network, it chooses neighbors according to preferential attachment, and then chooses its type based on the number of initial neighbors of each type. This can model a new cell-phone user choosing a cell-phone...