Abstract:This study examines the scale effects on the network structure and spatial structure of contact networks. Regular grids with different cell sizes are used to divide one observed and two reference random networks into multiple scales. Four metrics are used to represent the two structures. Results show that the network structure of the observed network is sensitive to scale changes at fine scales. In comparison, the clustered spatial structure is scale independent.
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