Course Overview & Introduction to Social Network Analysis How to analyse social networks?
Introduction Social network is a social structure made up of individuals (or organizations) called “nodes”, which are connected by one or more types of relationships, represented by “links”. Friendship Kinship Common Interest …. Graph-based structures are very complex. 2 Source:
Introduction Various nature and society systems can be described as complex networks social systems, biological systems, and communication systems. 3 By presented as a graph, vertices (nodes) represent individuals or organizations and edges (links) represent interaction among them Source:
Introduction Why is network anatomy so important to characterize? Because structure always affects function. For instance, the topology of social networks affects the spread of information. 4
Course Overview Mathematics of Graph Measures in Social Networks Presentation of Existing Works Explore Social Network Analysis: Cliques and Sub-Groups Explore Social Network Analysis: Attributes and Relations Explore Social Network Analysis: Cohesion 5
Course Overview Explore Social Network Analysis: Sentiment and Friendship Explore Social Network Analysis: Center and Periphery Explore Social Network Analysis: Brokers and Bridges Explore Social Network Analysis: Ranking (Prestige) Explore Social Network Analysis: Genealogies and Citations Mini-Project Presentation 6
“Pajek”: Large Network Analysis Software
8 8 Introduction to Slovenian Spider: PajekSlovenian Spider: Pajek Free software Windows 32 bit Pajek 2.05 “Whom would you choose as a friend ?”
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Social Network Analysis: Theory and Applications Pajek: References