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Investigating preferential attachment behavior over the evolution of disaster response networks

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posted on 2023-05-23, 08:09 authored by Abbasi, A, Hossain, L, Christine Owen
This study aims to understand the mechanisms of disaster response network evolution by quantitatively examining the actors' attachment behaviors in a real disaster collaboration networks. We aim to do this by identifying the characteristic of existing actors and its impact in forming new connection over time. To quantify actors' attachment logics (i.e., preferential attachment), different options of attachments (between and among new and existing actors) are considered. The result indicates the existence of cumulative advantage for actors involved in a response network to a disaster. We argue that by understanding the mechanisms of network evolution, we can predict more precisely how the behavior of actors and network structure evolve over time. This can assist researchers, decision makers or practitioners to manage and support collaboration of actors in their systems for reaching their organizational goals. The overall findings of this study can contribute further to the development of network organizational theory, organizational learning theory and self-organizations in different contexts especially disaster and emergency response management.

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Publication title

Proceedings of the 46th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Editors

RH Sprague Jr

Pagination

739-747

ISSN

1530-1605

Department/School

Faculty of Education

Publisher

IEEE Computer Society

Place of publication

Hawaii, USA

Event title

46th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Event Venue

Grand Wailea, Maui, Hawaii

Date of Event (Start Date)

2013-01-07

Date of Event (End Date)

2013-01-10

Rights statement

Copyright 2013 IEEE

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Other education and training not elsewhere classified

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