One might expect that social networks would generally be harder to control than naturally occurring systems such as biological networks. But this is not so, according to a new study. See Article p.167
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Egerstedt, M. Degrees of control. Nature 473, 158–159 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/473158a
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