{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2148211648","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/cec.2009.4983345","title":"The effect of social influence on agent specialization in small-world social networks","display_name":"The effect of social influence on agent specialization in small-world social networks","publication_year":2009,"publication_date":"2009-05-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2148211648","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/cec.2009.4983345","mag":"2148211648"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/cec.2009.4983345","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/cec.2009.4983345","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2009 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5042973824","display_name":"Denton Cockburn","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I74413500","display_name":"University of Windsor","ror":"https://ror.org/01gw3d370","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I74413500"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Denton Cockburn","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Windsor, Windsor, ONT, Canada"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Windsor, Windsor, ONT, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I74413500"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5056407977","display_name":"Ziad Kobti","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9503-9730"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I74413500","display_name":"University of Windsor","ror":"https://ror.org/01gw3d370","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I74413500"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ziad Kobti","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Windsor, Windsor, ONT, Canada"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Windsor, Windsor, ONT, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I74413500"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5042973824"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I74413500"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.9754,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":2,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.86462763,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":94},"biblio":{"volume":"286","issue":null,"first_page":"3172","last_page":"3175"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11252","display_name":"Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation","score":0.9986000061035156,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11252","display_name":"Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation","score":0.9986000061035156,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10702","display_name":"Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior","score":0.9955000281333923,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1311","display_name":"Genetics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/13","display_name":"Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11764","display_name":"Evolution and Genetic Dynamics","score":0.9952999949455261,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1311","display_name":"Genetics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/13","display_name":"Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/division-of-labour","display_name":"Division of labour","score":0.6139782071113586},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/threshold-model","display_name":"Threshold model","score":0.5537336468696594},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/stimulus","display_name":"Stimulus (psychology)","score":0.5520277619361877},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/productivity","display_name":"Productivity","score":0.530303955078125},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/task","display_name":"Task (project management)","score":0.5052579045295715},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.481810986995697},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/economics","display_name":"Economics","score":0.2803954482078552},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cognitive-psychology","display_name":"Cognitive psychology","score":0.26513731479644775},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology","display_name":"Psychology","score":0.2149568498134613},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/machine-learning","display_name":"Machine learning","score":0.1303677260875702}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C994546","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207449","display_name":"Division of labour","level":2,"score":0.6139782071113586},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C202632270","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7798106","display_name":"Threshold model","level":2,"score":0.5537336468696594},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779918689","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3771842","display_name":"Stimulus (psychology)","level":2,"score":0.5520277619361877},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C204983608","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2111958","display_name":"Productivity","level":2,"score":0.530303955078125},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780451532","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q759676","display_name":"Task (project management)","level":2,"score":0.5052579045295715},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.481810986995697},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.2803954482078552},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C180747234","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23373","display_name":"Cognitive psychology","level":1,"score":0.26513731479644775},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.2149568498134613},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.1303677260875702},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C34447519","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179522","display_name":"Market economy","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C139719470","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39680","display_name":"Macroeconomics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187736073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2920921","display_name":"Management","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/cec.2009.4983345","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/cec.2009.4983345","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2009 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.7099999785423279,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/8","display_name":"Decent work and economic growth"}],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306076","display_name":"National Science Foundation","ror":"https://ror.org/021nxhr62"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334593","display_name":"Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada","ror":"https://ror.org/01h531d29"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":21,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1573579329","https://openalex.org/W1899786413","https://openalex.org/W1985348117","https://openalex.org/W1995875735","https://openalex.org/W2008620264","https://openalex.org/W2018934112","https://openalex.org/W2020845201","https://openalex.org/W2051325252","https://openalex.org/W2067961833","https://openalex.org/W2076417071","https://openalex.org/W2077563974","https://openalex.org/W2089189083","https://openalex.org/W2105498167","https://openalex.org/W2117910558","https://openalex.org/W2119334340","https://openalex.org/W2122341622","https://openalex.org/W2169764185","https://openalex.org/W2172062401","https://openalex.org/W4285719527","https://openalex.org/W6634264458","https://openalex.org/W6675762620"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2377449","https://openalex.org/W2369607345","https://openalex.org/W2375002675","https://openalex.org/W385639021","https://openalex.org/W2362925651","https://openalex.org/W4236212885","https://openalex.org/W2150273017","https://openalex.org/W4294682439","https://openalex.org/W3124041861","https://openalex.org/W2119334340"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Specialization,":[0],"or":[1],"division":[2,129],"of":[3,15,21,39,76,84,100,115,130],"labour,":[4],"leads":[5,123],"to":[6,87,124],"increased":[7],"productivity":[8],"in":[9,24,89,127],"systems.":[10],"We":[11],"study":[12],"the":[13,19,37,42,46,68,98,104,113,128],"effect":[14],"social":[16,29,77,121],"influence":[17,78,122],"on":[18],"level":[20,114],"agent":[22,69,116],"specialization":[23],"complex":[25],"systems":[26],"connected":[27],"via":[28],"networks.":[30],"There":[31],"are":[32,93],"several":[33],"methods":[34],"that":[35,53,64,72,80,111,120],"explain":[36],"emergence":[38],"specialization,":[40,117],"with":[41],"most":[43],"prominent":[44],"being":[45],"genetic":[47],"threshold":[48,58,65,105],"model.":[49],"This":[50],"model":[51,106],"posits":[52],"agents":[54],"possess":[55],"an":[56,81,108,125],"inherent":[57],"for":[59],"task":[60,86],"stimulus,":[61],"and":[62,107],"when":[63,90],"is":[66,79,95],"exceeded,":[67],"will":[70],"perform":[71],"task.":[73],"The":[74],"idea":[75],"agent's":[82],"choice":[83],"which":[85],"specialize":[88],"multiple":[91],"ones":[92],"availabe,":[94],"influenced":[96],"by":[97],"choices":[99],"its":[101],"neighbours.":[102],"Using":[103],"established":[109],"metric":[110],"quantifies":[112],"we":[118],"found":[119],"increase":[126],"labour.":[131]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}