TY - BOOK AU - Lusher,Dean AU - Koskinen,Johan AU - Robins,Garry TI - Exponential Random Graph Models for Social Networks: Theory, Methods, and Applications T2 - Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences SN - 9780511894701 (ebook) AV - HM741 .E96 2013 U1 - 302.3 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press N1 - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016) N2 - Exponential random graph models (ERGMs) are increasingly applied to observed network data and are central to understanding social structure and network processes. The chapters in this edited volume provide a self-contained, exhaustive account of the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of ERGMs, including models for univariate, multivariate, bipartite, longitudinal and social-influence type ERGMs. Each method is applied in individual case studies illustrating how social science theories may be examined empirically using ERGMs. The authors supply the reader with sufficient detail to specify ERGMs, fit them to data with any of the available software packages and interpret the results UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511894701 ER -