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structural balance: a standalone construct

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Network science

property of a signed graph in which every cycle has an even number of negative ties, equivalent to splitting the nodes into two mutually opposed camps.

In network science, structural balance refers to property of a signed graph in which every cycle has an even number of negative ties, equivalent to splitting the nodes into two mutually opposed camps. This meaning comes from Cartwright (1956) in Psychological Review.[1]

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References

Cartwright, D., & Harary, F. (1956). Structural balance: a generalization of Heider's theory. Psychological Review, 63(5), 277-293. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0046049

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