This theory evolved over time to produce models more closely resembling real-world social networks.
The topology and hubness of positive and negative links have been shown to significantly affect the structural balance of real-world signed networks.
[7] Structural balance theory, proposed by the psychologist Fritz Heider in the 1940s, is a framework used to understand the dynamics of relationships within social networks.
This theory has been applied in various fields such as sociology, psychology, and computer science to study phenomena like group dynamics, social influence, and network stability.
Only two triads (300 and 102) do not violate any of the four rules, leading to the classic model's implication of united or bifurcated macrostructures (page 6).