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Assortativity vs Assortative - What's the difference?

assortativity | assortative | Derived terms |

Assortativity is a derived term of assortative.


As a noun assortativity

is (mathematics) the extent to which nodes of a graph link to others of the same degree.

As an adjective assortative is

characterized by assorting.

assortativity

English

Noun

(wikipedia assortativity)
  • (mathematics) The extent to which nodes of a graph link to others of the same degree

    • assortative

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Characterized by assorting.
  • * 1997', D. Wilson and L. Dugatkin, "Group Selection and '''Assortative Interactions," ''The American Naturalist , vol. 149, no. 2, p. 336:
    • Assortative interactions can generate highly nonrandom variation among groups.

    Derived terms

    * assortative mating * assortativity

    Antonyms

    * disassortative