Serendipity in social networks
Journal
Networks and Heterogeneous Media
ISSN
1556-1801
Date Issued
2012-09-01
Author(s)
Losada, Juan Carlos
Arredondo, Tomás
Olivares, Patricio
Benito, Rosa María
DOI
10.3934/nhm.2012.7.363
Abstract
Serendipity is defined as fortunate discoveries made by chance. In this work we explore the idea that topological measures of a person's social network could be an indicator about how likely that person is to experience fortunate discoveries.
