Dr. W.H. (Wouter) Vermeer
![Wouter Vermeer](/fileadmin/_processed_/6/d/csm_wouter-vermeer_43ac32e5c3.png)
PhD Track Propagation in Networks: The impact of information processing at the actor level on system-wide propagation dynamics
This thesis addresses the analysis of system-wide dynamics of propagation in networks. In order to understand such system-wide dynamics of propagation, an emphasis should be placed on the critical mechanism by which propagation takes place between actors on a micro level. This thesis puts forward the information processing view of propagation, a framework in which describes this mechanism using three distinct sub-processes of propagation; Radiation, Transmission and Reception. Decomposing the propagation mechanism into these three sub-processes yields a more detailed and methodologically stronger model of propagation, the RTR-model of propagation, which is better suited for capturing the complexity of the propagation processes in practice.
Agent-based simulations adopting this model show that distinguishing the three sub-processes of propagation is critical in order to: 1) understand the effects of interventions in the propagation process, 2) incorporate the heterogeneous behavior of actors, and 3) understand the role of network structure in propagation
- Keywords
- Networks, propagation, simulation, agent-based model, diffusion, contagion, mechanism, information processing, innovation, process
- Time frame
- 2010 - 2015
Events (2)
Address
Annenberg Hall Rm 225, 2120 Campus Drive
60208 Evanston IL
633 Clark Street
IL 60208 Evanston
United States