From Agent-Based Models to Network Analysis ( and Return ): The Policy-Making Perspective
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The notion of efficiency requires the specification of an external aggregate value such as total productivity , income , etc .…, while stability is concerned with the allocation of the above value among nodes . When nodes have the ability to form and severe links , stability is calculated with respect to the external value by taking into account the individual incentive to form a link .
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See for some interesting reflections on this topic Davidsen , Hebel , and Bronholdt ( 2002 ).
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Gonzalez , Lind , and Hermann ( 2006 ) find a critical value for the number of contacts that a node can have in its life and interpret the transition to mega cluster as a percolation process .
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