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SUMMARY:Weighted social network model of homophilic behaviour in primate g
 roups - Denis Boyer (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM))
DTSTART:20230914T090000Z
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DESCRIPTION:The stable\, long term social structures formed by animals or 
 human groups are the outcome of repeated interactions between individuals 
 that occur over fast temporal scales. Understanding the inter-relations th
 at exist between pairwise interactions\, relationships and complex social 
 network architectures is a major challenge in the study of animal societie
 s and social networks in general. We construct and study a stochastic netw
 ork model where individuals search new connections and reinforce their lin
 ks with the neighbours with whom they share an attribute (homophily). The 
 model quantitatively accounts for many features of the association network
  of spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) in the wild\, including the communit
 y structure\, weight distribution and dependence on the attributes. As the
  interactions are actually of several types (proximity\, aggression\, groo
 ming\,....) we further discuss the need of considering multiplex networks 
 as a tool for representing social structures.&nbsp\;
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Newton Institute
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