A new approach to measure social capital using game-theoretic techniques

Michalak, Tomasz P.; Rahwan, Talal; Moretti, Stefano; Narayanam, Ramasuri; Skibski, Oskar; Szczepański, Piotr; Wooldridge, Michael

Michalak, Tomasz P.; Rahwan, Talal; Moretti, Stefano; Narayanam, Ramasuri; Skibski, Oskar; Szczepański, Piotr; Wooldridge, Michael (2015), A new approach to measure social capital using game-theoretic techniques, ACM SIGecom Exchanges, 14, 1, p. 95-100. 10.1145/2845926.2845933

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Article accepté pour publication ou publié

Date

2015

Journal name

ACM SIGecom Exchanges

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Number

Pages

95-100

Laboratoire d'analyse et modélisation de systèmes pour l'aide à la décision [LAMSADE]
Narayanam, Ramasuri
IBM Research-India
Skibski, Oskar
Kyushu, Japan
Szczepański, Piotr

Wooldridge, Michael
Oxford University

Abstract (EN)

Although the notion of social capital has been extensively studied in various bodies of the literature, there is no universally accepted definition or measure of this concept. In this article, we discuss a new approach for measuring social capital which builds upon cooperative game theory. The new approach not only turns out to be a natural tool for modeling social capital, but also captures various aspects of this phenomenon that are not captured by other approaches.

Subjects / Keywords

Social capital; Shapley value; network centrality