The emergence of hierarchy in spatial diffusion over the life-cycle of innovations

Conference talk at IC2S2

Authors: Eszter Bokanyi, Martin Novák, Ákos Jakobi and Balazs Lengyel

ABSTRACT
Using a model capturing distance-decay, urban scaling, and hierarchical difference, we show that hierarchical diffusion has an increasing role over the life cycle in the spatial adoption of an online social network.