Social and swarm aspects of co-authorship network

Abstract

The analysis of social networks is concentrated mainly on uncovering hidden relations and properties of network nodes (vertices). Most of the current approaches are focused on different network types and different network coefficients. This article introduces a social network analysis based on the so-called Forgetting Curve and Swarm Intelligence inspired by the Ant Colony Optimization. We analyse a co-authorship network and identify two types of ties among its nodes. The Forgetting Curve and Swarm Intelligence are used to model the dynamics of such a network.