Title
Loss of information in feedforward social networks.
Abstract
We consider social networks in which information propagates directionally across layers of rational agents. Each agent makes a locally optimal estimate of the state of the world, and communicates this estimate to agents downstream. When agents receive some information from a common source their estimates are correlated. We show that the resulting redundancy can lead to the loss of information abou...
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1093/comnet/cnx032
Journal of Complex Networks
DocType
Volume
Issue
Journal
6
3
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
2051-1310
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Simon Stolarczyk100.68
Manisha Bhardwaj200.68
Kevin E. Bassler311013.26
Wei Ji Ma4106.25
Kresimir Josić5365.49