Urban characteristics attributable to density-driven tie formation

Wei Pan; Gourab Ghoshal; Coco Krumme; Manuel Cebrian; Alex Pentland

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Urban characteristics attributable to density-driven tie formation

Wei Pan

Gourab Ghoshal

Coco Krumme Manuel Cebrian Alex Pentland

Nature Communications Vol. 4 No. 1 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Wei Pan, Gourab Ghoshal, Coco Krumme, et al. (2013). Urban characteristics attributable to density-driven tie formation. Nature Communications, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms2961

Urban characteristics attributable to density-driven tie formation

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