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Activity Number: 124
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Monday, August 7, 2006 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: IMS
Abstract - #305304
Title: Exponential-Family Models of Random Graphs for Social Networks
Author(s): Martina Morris*+
Companies: University of Washington
Address: Box 353340, Seattle, WA, 98195-3340,
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This talk will discuss recent advances in the use of exponential-family random graphs to model social networks, including maximum-likelihood estimation via Monte Carlo, the nature of the appropriate sufficient statistics, and the ability to incorporate the effects of different kinds of generative mechanisms in these models.


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