STANDARD NETWORK ANALYSIS REPORT

STANDARD NETWORK ANALYSIS REPORT

Input data: padgm

Start time: Mon Oct 17 14:23:00 2011

Data Description

Calculates common social network measures on each selected input network.

Network agent x agent

Network Level Measures

MeasureValue
Row count16.000
Column count16.000
Link count20.000
Density0.167
Components of 1 node (isolates)1
Components of 2 nodes (dyadic isolates)0
Components of 3 or more nodes1
Reciprocity1.000
Characteristic path length2.486
Clustering coefficient0.150
Network levels (diameter)5.000
Network fragmentation0.125
Krackhardt connectedness0.875
Krackhardt efficiency0.934
Krackhardt hierarchy0.000
Krackhardt upperboundedness1.000
Degree centralization0.267
Betweenness centralization0.383
Closeness centralization0.179
Eigenvector centralization0.342
Reciprocal (symmetric)?Yes

Node Level Measures

MeasureMinMaxAvgStddev
Total degree centrality0.0000.4000.1670.097
Total degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0006.0002.5001.458
In-degree centrality0.0000.4000.1670.097
In-degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0006.0002.5001.458
Out-degree centrality0.0000.4000.1670.097
Out-degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0006.0002.5001.458
Eigenvector centrality0.0000.6090.3100.171
Eigenvector centrality [Unscaled]0.0000.4300.2190.121
Eigenvector centrality per component0.0000.4030.2050.113
Closeness centrality0.0630.3660.2850.067
Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0040.0240.0190.004
In-Closeness centrality0.0630.3660.2850.067
In-Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0040.0240.0190.004
Betweenness centrality0.0000.4520.0930.113
Betweenness centrality [Unscaled]0.00047.5009.75011.910
Hub centrality0.0000.6090.3100.171
Authority centrality0.0000.6090.3100.171
Information centrality0.0000.0960.0630.023
Information centrality [Unscaled]0.0001.1180.7260.269
Clique membership count0.0002.0000.5630.704
Simmelian ties0.0000.2000.0670.078
Simmelian ties [Unscaled]0.0003.0001.0001.173
Clustering coefficient0.0000.6670.1500.201

Key Nodes

This chart shows the Agent that is repeatedly top-ranked in the measures listed below. The value shown is the percentage of measures for which the Agent was ranked in the top three.

Total degree centrality

The Total Degree Centrality of a node is the normalized sum of its row and column degrees. Individuals or organizations who are "in the know" are those who are linked to many others and so, by virtue of their position have access to the ideas, thoughts, beliefs of many others. Individuals who are "in the know" are identified by degree centrality in the relevant social network. Those who are ranked high on this metrics have more connections to others in the same network. The scientific name of this measure is total degree centrality and it is calculated on the agent by agent matrices.

Input network: agent x agent (size: 16, density: 0.166667)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1Medici0.4006.0002.504
2Guadagni0.2674.0001.073
3Strozzi0.2674.0001.073
4Albizzi0.2003.0000.358
5Bischeri0.2003.0000.358
6Castellani0.2003.0000.358
7Peruzzi0.2003.0000.358
8Ridolfi0.2003.0000.358
9Tornabuoni0.2003.0000.358
10Barbadori0.1332.000-0.358

* Number of standard deviations from the mean of a random network of the same size and density

Mean: 0.167Mean in random network: 0.167
Std.dev: 0.097Std.dev in random network: 0.093

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In-degree centrality

The In Degree Centrality of a node is its normalized in-degree. For any node, e.g. an individual or a resource, the in-links are the connections that the node of interest receives from other nodes. For example, imagine an agent by knowledge matrix then the number of in-links a piece of knowledge has is the number of agents that are connected to. The scientific name of this measure is in-degree and it is calculated on the agent by agent matrices.

Input network(s): agent x agent

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1Medici0.4006.000
2Guadagni0.2674.000
3Strozzi0.2674.000
4Albizzi0.2003.000
5Bischeri0.2003.000
6Castellani0.2003.000
7Peruzzi0.2003.000
8Ridolfi0.2003.000
9Tornabuoni0.2003.000
10Barbadori0.1332.000

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Out-degree centrality

For any node, e.g. an individual or a resource, the out-links are the connections that the node of interest sends to other nodes. For example, imagine an agent by knowledge matrix then the number of out-links an agent would have is the number of pieces of knowledge it is connected to. The scientific name of this measure is out-degree and it is calculated on the agent by agent matrices. Individuals or organizations who are high in most knowledge have more expertise or are associated with more types of knowledge than are others. If no sub-network connecting agents to knowledge exists, then this measure will not be calculated. The scientific name of this measure is out degree centrality and it is calculated on agent by knowledge matrices. Individuals or organizations who are high in "most resources" have more resources or are associated with more types of resources than are others. If no sub-network connecting agents to resources exists, then this measure will not be calculated. The scientific name of this measure is out degree centrality and it is calculated on agent by resource matrices.

Input network(s): agent x agent

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1Medici0.4006.000
2Guadagni0.2674.000
3Strozzi0.2674.000
4Albizzi0.2003.000
5Bischeri0.2003.000
6Castellani0.2003.000
7Peruzzi0.2003.000
8Ridolfi0.2003.000
9Tornabuoni0.2003.000
10Barbadori0.1332.000

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Eigenvector centrality

Calculates the principal eigenvector of the network. A node is central to the extent that its neighbors are central. Leaders of strong cliques are individuals who or organizations who are collected to others that are themselves highly connected to each other. In other words, if you have a clique then the individual most connected to others in the clique and other cliques, is the leader of the clique. Individuals or organizations who are connected to many otherwise isolated individuals or organizations will have a much lower score in this measure then those that are connected to groups that have many connections themselves. The scientific name of this measure is eigenvector centrality and it is calculated on agent by agent matrices.

Input network: agent x agent (size: 16, density: 0.166667)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1Medici0.6090.4300.598
2Strozzi0.5030.3560.277
3Ridolfi0.4830.3420.215
4Tornabuoni0.4610.3260.147
5Guadagni0.4090.289-0.011
6Bischeri0.4000.283-0.038
7Peruzzi0.3900.276-0.069
8Castellani0.3660.259-0.141
9Albizzi0.3450.244-0.206
10Barbadori0.2990.212-0.345

* Number of standard deviations from the mean of a random network of the same size and density

Mean: 0.310Mean in random network: 0.413
Std.dev: 0.171Std.dev in random network: 0.328

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Eigenvector centrality per component

Calculates the principal eigenvector of the network. A node is central to the extent that its neighbors are central. Each component is extracted as a separate network, Eigenvector Centrality is computed on it and scaled according to the component size. The scores are then combined into a single result vector.

Input network(s): agent x agent

RankAgentValue
1Medici0.403
2Strozzi0.334
3Ridolfi0.320
4Tornabuoni0.305
5Guadagni0.271
6Bischeri0.265
7Peruzzi0.258
8Castellani0.243
9Albizzi0.229
10Barbadori0.198

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Closeness centrality

The average closeness of a node to the other nodes in a network (also called out-closeness). Loosely, Closeness is the inverse of the average distance in the network from the node to all other nodes.

Input network: agent x agent (size: 16, density: 0.166667)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1Medici0.3660.024-0.070
2Ridolfi0.3410.023-0.532
3Albizzi0.3330.022-0.672
4Tornabuoni0.3330.022-0.672
5Guadagni0.3260.022-0.807
6Barbadori0.3130.021-1.058
7Strozzi0.3130.021-1.058
8Bischeri0.2940.020-1.399
9Castellani0.2880.019-1.504
10Salviati0.2880.019-1.504

* Number of standard deviations from the mean of a random network of the same size and density

Mean: 0.285Mean in random network: 0.370
Std.dev: 0.067Std.dev in random network: 0.054

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In-Closeness centrality

The average closeness of a node from the other nodes in a network. Loosely, Closeness is the inverse of the average distance in the network to the node and from all other nodes.

Input network(s): agent x agent

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1Medici0.3660.024
2Ridolfi0.3410.023
3Albizzi0.3330.022
4Tornabuoni0.3330.022
5Guadagni0.3260.022
6Barbadori0.3130.021
7Strozzi0.3130.021
8Bischeri0.2940.020
9Castellani0.2880.019
10Salviati0.2880.019

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Betweenness centrality

The Betweenness Centrality of node v in a network is defined as: across all node pairs that have a shortest path containing v, the percentage that pass through v. Individuals or organizations that are potentially influential are positioned to broker connections between groups and to bring to bear the influence of one group on another or serve as a gatekeeper between groups. This agent occurs on many of the shortest paths between other agents. The scientific name of this measure is betweenness centrality and it is calculated on agent by agent matrices.

Input network: agent x agent (size: 16, density: 0.166667)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1Medici0.45247.5004.975
2Guadagni0.22123.1671.674
3Albizzi0.18419.3331.154
4Salviati0.12413.0000.295
5Ridolfi0.09810.333-0.066
6Bischeri0.0909.500-0.179
7Strozzi0.0899.333-0.202
8Barbadori0.0818.500-0.315
9Tornabuoni0.0798.333-0.337
10Castellani0.0485.000-0.790

* Number of standard deviations from the mean of a random network of the same size and density

Mean: 0.093Mean in random network: 0.103
Std.dev: 0.113Std.dev in random network: 0.070

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Hub centrality

A node is hub-central to the extent that its out-links are to nodes that have many in-links. Individuals or organizations that act as hubs are sending information to a wide range of others each of whom has many others reporting to them. Technically, an agent is hub-central if its out-links are to agents that have many other agents sending links to them. The scientific name of this measure is hub centrality and it is calculated on agent by agent matrices.

Input network(s): agent x agent

RankAgentValue
1Medici0.609
2Strozzi0.503
3Ridolfi0.483
4Tornabuoni0.461
5Guadagni0.409
6Bischeri0.400
7Peruzzi0.390
8Castellani0.366
9Albizzi0.345
10Barbadori0.299

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Authority centrality

A node is authority-central to the extent that its in-links are from nodes that have many out-links. Individuals or organizations that act as authorities are receiving information from a wide range of others each of whom sends information to a large number of others. Technically, an agent is authority-central if its in-links are from agents that have are sending links to many others. The scientific name of this measure is authority centrality and it is calculated on agent by agent matrices.

Input network(s): agent x agent

RankAgentValue
1Medici0.609
2Strozzi0.503
3Ridolfi0.483
4Tornabuoni0.461
5Guadagni0.409
6Bischeri0.400
7Peruzzi0.390
8Castellani0.366
9Albizzi0.345
10Barbadori0.299

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Information centrality

Calculate the Stephenson and Zelen information centrality measure for each node.

Input network(s): agent x agent

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1Medici0.0961.118
2Guadagni0.0820.957
3Tornabuoni0.0810.940
4Ridolfi0.0810.939
5Strozzi0.0790.914
6Bischeri0.0740.864
7Albizzi0.0740.862
8Castellani0.0710.824
9Peruzzi0.0690.807
10Barbadori0.0680.791

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Clique membership count

The number of distinct cliques to which each node belongs. Individuals or organizations who are high in number of cliques are those that belong to a large number of distinct cliques. A clique is defined as a group of three or more actors that have many connections to each other and relatively fewer connections to those in other groups. The scientific name of this measure is clique count and it is calculated on the agent by agent matrices.

Input network(s): agent x agent

RankAgentValue
1Peruzzi2.000
2Strozzi2.000
3Bischeri1.000
4Castellani1.000
5Medici1.000
6Ridolfi1.000
7Tornabuoni1.000

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Simmelian ties

The normalized number of Simmelian ties of each node.

Input network(s): agent x agent

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1Peruzzi0.2003.000
2Strozzi0.2003.000
3Bischeri0.1332.000
4Castellani0.1332.000
5Medici0.1332.000
6Ridolfi0.1332.000
7Tornabuoni0.1332.000

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Clustering coefficient

Measures the degree of clustering in a network by averaging the clustering coefficient of each node, which is defined as the density of the node's ego network.

Input network(s): agent x agent

RankAgentValue
1Peruzzi0.667
2Bischeri0.333
3Castellani0.333
4Ridolfi0.333
5Strozzi0.333
6Tornabuoni0.333
7Medici0.067

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Key Nodes Table

This shows the top scoring nodes side-by-side for selected measures.

RankBetweenness centralityCloseness centralityEigenvector centralityEigenvector centrality per componentIn-degree centralityIn-Closeness centralityOut-degree centralityTotal degree centrality
1MediciMediciMediciMediciMediciMediciMediciMedici
2GuadagniRidolfiStrozziStrozziGuadagniRidolfiGuadagniGuadagni
3AlbizziAlbizziRidolfiRidolfiStrozziAlbizziStrozziStrozzi
4SalviatiTornabuoniTornabuoniTornabuoniAlbizziTornabuoniAlbizziAlbizzi
5RidolfiGuadagniGuadagniGuadagniBischeriGuadagniBischeriBischeri
6BischeriBarbadoriBischeriBischeriCastellaniBarbadoriCastellaniCastellani
7StrozziStrozziPeruzziPeruzziPeruzziStrozziPeruzziPeruzzi
8BarbadoriBischeriCastellaniCastellaniRidolfiBischeriRidolfiRidolfi
9TornabuoniCastellaniAlbizziAlbizziTornabuoniCastellaniTornabuoniTornabuoni
10CastellaniSalviatiBarbadoriBarbadoriBarbadoriSalviatiBarbadoriBarbadori

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