An introduction to exponential random graph (p*) models for social networks

@article{Robins2007AnIT,
  title={An introduction to exponential random graph (p*) models for social networks},
  author={Garry Robins and Philippa Pattison and Yuval Kalish and Dean Lusher},
  journal={Soc. Networks},
  year={2007},
  volume={29},
  pages={173-191}
}
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