Jong, Klaas de (2025) Social Balance: The dynamics of weak and strong links on social network balance. Bachelor's Thesis, Artificial Intelligence.
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Abstract
This project investigates the dynamics and influence of weal and strong ties in social networks according to social balance theory. Social balance theory is a field of study in which interpersonal relationships are quantified as positive or negative, such that statements can be made about the degree of internal strife in a social network. By abstracting real life social networks into a graph based model, the dynamics of changing weak or strong social connections and their influence on the balance of the entire network are studied. Analysis of the data shows that the influence that changing either weak or strong social links has on the network balance is dependent on the size of the network and the initial balance that the network has, but that strong links have a much more significant influence.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor's Thesis) |
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| Supervisor name: | Los, M.D. and Christoff, Z.L. |
| Degree programme: | Artificial Intelligence |
| Thesis type: | Bachelor's Thesis |
| Language: | English |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Apr 2025 09:34 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Apr 2025 09:34 |
| URI: | https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/35113 |
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