Small world, after all: Two new stories test the 'six degrees of separation' hypothesis

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darby Saxbe
Keyword(s):  
Small World ◽  
Six Degrees Of Separation

scholarly journals Dynamics of Small World Effect and Random Fuzzy Graph

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yijin Zhang ◽  
Jie Huang ◽  
Zongbing Lin
Keyword(s):  
Random Process ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Small World ◽  
Fuzzy Graph ◽  
Separation Theory ◽  
The World ◽  
First Time ◽  
Six Degrees Of Separation

Abstract Small World Effect (or Six Degrees of Separation theory) has generated significant influence in the world. Many researchers and institutes have done lots of work on the study of it. We model Small World Effect by random process and Graph, calculate the probability that any two people i and j in the world can contact each other after n steps (forwarding messages by intermediaries) based on different R (average number of acquaintances everyone has in the world).When R=50 or 80, if , the probability is 0.848 and the search is very likely to happen. When R=150, n=4, this probability is 0.99994, that is, after 4 steps, any two people in the world will establish connection almost surely. In the sense of Dunbar's number (R=150), six degrees of separation becomes four degrees of separation. We propose the concepts of (directed) Random Fuzzy Graph for the very first time which can describe the fact of recognition among people best, because the relation among persons is random and fuzzy.

scholarly journals Dynamics of Small World Effect and Random Fuzzy Graph

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yijin Zhang ◽  
Jie Huang ◽  
Zongbing Lin
Keyword(s):  
Random Process ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Small World ◽  
Fuzzy Graph ◽  
Separation Theory ◽  
The World ◽  
First Time ◽  
Six Degrees Of Separation

Abstract Small World Effect (or Six Degrees of Separation theory) has generated significant influence in the world. Many researchers and institutes have done lots of work on the study of it. We model Small World Effect by random process and Graph, calculate the probability that any two people i and j in the world can contact each other after n steps (forwarding messages by intermediaries) based on different R (average number of acquaintances everyone has in the world).When R=50 or 80, if n≥5, the probability is 0.848 and the search is very likely to happen. When R=150, n=4, this probability is 0.99994, that is, after 4 steps, any two people in the world will establish connection almost surely. In the sense of Dunbar's number (R=150), six degrees of separation becomes four degrees of separation. We propose the concepts of (directed) Random Fuzzy Graph for the very first time which can describe the fact of recognition among people best, because the relation among persons is random and fuzzy.

scholarly journals Six degrees of separation: the small world of medical education

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (12) ◽  
pp. 1274-1279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolf E Hautz ◽  
Gert Krummrey ◽  
Aristomenis Exadaktylos ◽  
Stefanie C Hautz
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Small World ◽  
Six Degrees Of Separation

Small World

1999 ◽  
Vol 056 (02) ◽  
pp. 0065-0065
Author(s):  
Ch. Hürny ◽  
H. P. Ludin
Keyword(s):  
Small World

Scope of Inhibition: It's a Small World After All

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Chiarello ◽  
Lisa Maxfield ◽  
Lorie Richards ◽  
Todd Kahan ◽  
Noel Swann
Keyword(s):  
Small World

The Subaltern Speak- A Study On The Culture Of The Arunachalis With Special Reference To Mamang Dai’s The Legends Of Pensam

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 14-20
Author(s):  
Ms. Cheryl Antonette Dumenil ◽  
Dr. Cheryl Davis
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Small World ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Arunachal Pradesh ◽  
North East India ◽  
North East ◽  
Shared History ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Insight Into

North- East India is an under veiled region with an awe-inspiring landscape, different groups of ethnic people, their culture and heritage. Contemporary writers from this region aspire towards a vision outside the tapered ethnic channel, and they represent a shared history. In their writings, the cultural memory is showcased, and the intensity of feeling overflows the labour of technique and craft. Mamang Dai presents a rare glimpse into the ecology, culture, life of the tribal people and history of the land of the dawn-lit mountains, Arunachal Pradesh, through her novel The Legends of Pensam. The word ‘Pensam’ in the title means ‘in-between’,  but it may also be interpreted as ‘the hidden spaces of the heart’. This is a small world where anything can happen. Being adherents of the animistic faith, the tribes here believe in co-existence with the natural world along with the presence of spirits in their forests and rivers. This paper attempts to draw an insight into the culture and gender of the Arunachalis with special reference to The Legends of Pensam by Mamang Dai.

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