(PDF) The small-world effect is a modern phenomenon

Home 16 16 updates More Add new Article Full-text available The small-world effect is a modern phenomenon October 2013 SourcearXiv Seth MarvelTravis MartinCharles R. DoeringShow all 5 authorsM. E. J. Newman Research Interest 16.0 Citations 19 Recommendations 0 new 0 Reads 3 new 491 See details Overview Stats Comments Citations (19) References (28) Related research (10+) Download Share More Recommend Recommend this work Follow Get updates Share Share in a message Abstract The "small-world effect" is the observation that one can find a short chain of acquaintances, often of no more than a handful of individuals, connecting almost any two people on the planet. It is often expressed in the language of networks, where it is equivalent to the statement that most pairs of individuals are connected by a short path through the acquaintance network. Although the small-world effect is well-established empirically for contemporary social networks, we argue here that it is a relatively recent

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