Social and Economic Networks
Lecture
Main Campus
Course Description
Synthesis of research on social and economic networks by sociologists, economists, computer scientists, physicists, and mathematicians, with an emphasis on modeling. Includes methods for describing and measuring networks, empirical observations about network structure, models of random and strategic network formation, as well as analyses of contagion, diffusion, learning, peer influence, games played on networks, and networked markets.
ECON 291
Units: 4
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Typically Offered
Not Available
Grading Basis
Letter or Credit/No Credit
Class Level
Graduate
Instructional Mode
In Person
Gen Ed Requirement(s)
None
