Many real-world relations can be represented by signed networks with positive and negative
links, as a result of which signed network analysis has attracted increasing attention from …

The theory of social balance, also called structural balance, is first proposed by Heider in
1940s, which is utilized to describe the potential social dynamics process. This theory is of …

Social Networks: An Introduction is the first textbook that combines new with still-valuable
older methods and theories. Designed to be a core text for graduate (and some …

With the availability of internet, social media, etc., the interconnectedness of people within
most societies has increased tremendously over the past decades. Across the same …

Social networks with positive and negative links often split into two antagonistic factions.
Examples of such a split abound: revolutionaries versus an old regime, Republicans versus …

We present a stochastic dynamics model of coupled evolution for the binary states of nodes
and links in a complex network. In the context of opinion formation node states represent two …

Social balance theory describes allowable and forbidden configurations of the topologies of
signed directed social appraisal networks. In this paper, we propose two discrete-time …

We propose a signed network formation game, in which pairs of individuals strategically
change the signs of the edges in a complete network. These individuals are members of a …

Inconsistencies in the empirical support for balance theory are often explained by recourse
to competing mechanisms that reduce the total degree of balance in the network. These …

We study the evolution of a social network with friendly or enmity connections into a
balanced state by introducing a dynamical model with an intrinsic randomness, similar to …