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small-world network  

Definition

  • A model of semantic memory in which concepts are organized in networks with the characteristics of a small world: first, there are clusters in which concepts are densely connected by semantic relations, and second, two concepts belonging to distant clusters can be connected by a short path of semantic relations, with some concepts in clusters playing the role of hubs.

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Steyvers, M., & Tenenbaum, J. B. (2005). The large-scale structure of semantic networks: Statistical analyses and a model of semantic growth. Cognitive science, 29(1), 41–78. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15516709cog2901_3

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: free]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-QQG0VLT7-7

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