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A brief introduction to statistical models for complete network data is presented. An example is provided by the collaboration network of Italian scholars on Population Studies.
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Zaccarin, S., Rivellini, G. (2010). Modelling Network Data: An Introduction to Exponential Random Graph Models. In: Palumbo, F., Lauro, C., Greenacre, M. (eds) Data Analysis and Classification. Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03739-9_34
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