Standard Network Analysis: ACTOR#13

Standard Network Analysis: ACTOR#13

Input data: ACTOR#13

Start time: Mon Oct 17 14:31:45 2011

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Network Level Measures

MeasureValue
Row count21.000
Column count21.000
Link count49.000
Density0.117
Components of 1 node (isolates)0
Components of 2 nodes (dyadic isolates)0
Components of 3 or more nodes1
Reciprocity0.065
Characteristic path length1.818
Clustering coefficient0.271
Network levels (diameter)4.000
Network fragmentation0.000
Krackhardt connectedness1.000
Krackhardt efficiency0.863
Krackhardt hierarchy0.920
Krackhardt upperboundedness0.516
Degree centralization0.203
Betweenness centralization0.077
Closeness centralization0.049
Eigenvector centralization0.349
Reciprocal (symmetric)?No (6% of the links are reciprocal)

Node Level Measures

MeasureMinMaxAvgStddev
Total degree centrality0.0250.3000.1170.077
Total degree centrality [Unscaled]1.00012.0004.6673.091
In-degree centrality0.0000.5000.1170.166
In-degree centrality [Unscaled]0.00010.0002.3333.314
Out-degree centrality0.0500.3000.1170.054
Out-degree centrality [Unscaled]1.0006.0002.3331.084
Eigenvector centrality0.0700.5940.2790.133
Eigenvector centrality [Unscaled]0.0490.4200.1970.094
Eigenvector centrality per component0.0490.4200.1970.094
Closeness centrality0.0520.0890.0660.010
Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0030.0040.0030.001
In-Closeness centrality0.0480.6450.1330.173
In-Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0020.0320.0070.009
Betweenness centrality0.0000.0860.0120.023
Betweenness centrality [Unscaled]0.00032.6674.7148.683
Hub centrality0.0490.6030.2630.162
Authority centrality0.0000.9060.1660.260
Information centrality0.0300.0690.0480.009
Information centrality [Unscaled]0.6881.5661.0800.207
Clique membership count0.0008.0002.1431.833
Simmelian ties0.0000.0000.0000.000
Simmelian ties [Unscaled]0.0000.0000.0000.000
Clustering coefficient0.0000.6670.2710.209

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: ACTOR#13 (size: 21, density: 0.116667)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1180.30012.0002.617
270.27511.0002.260
320.2259.0001.546
4140.2259.0001.546
560.1506.0000.476
6130.1506.0000.476
7210.1506.0000.476
810.1255.0000.119
930.1004.000-0.238
10110.1004.000-0.238

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

Mean: 0.117Mean in random network: 0.117
Std.dev: 0.077Std.dev in random network: 0.070

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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): ACTOR#13

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1180.50010.000
270.4509.000
3140.4008.000
420.3507.000
5210.2505.000
660.2004.000
710.1002.000
8110.1002.000
950.0501.000
1090.0501.000

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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): ACTOR#13

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1130.3006.000
230.2004.000
310.1503.000
480.1503.000
5170.1503.000
6190.1503.000
720.1002.000
840.1002.000
950.1002.000
1060.1002.000

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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: ACTOR#13 (size: 21, density: 0.116667)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1180.5940.4200.661
220.5280.3740.452
370.4460.3160.192
4130.4150.2930.091
5140.3880.2740.006
610.3300.233-0.179
730.3250.230-0.194
8110.3040.215-0.262
960.3030.214-0.265
10190.2710.191-0.367

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

Mean: 0.279Mean in random network: 0.386
Std.dev: 0.133Std.dev in random network: 0.314

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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): ACTOR#13

RankAgentValue
1180.420
220.374
370.316
4130.293
5140.274
610.233
730.230
8110.215
960.214
10190.191

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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: ACTOR#13 (size: 21, density: 0.116667)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1130.0890.004-3.911
230.0750.004-4.147
3190.0750.004-4.157
4100.0750.004-4.162
540.0740.004-4.167
650.0740.004-4.167
7160.0740.004-4.167
8200.0740.004-4.177
910.0700.003-4.245
1020.0700.003-4.245

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

Mean: 0.066Mean in random network: 0.311
Std.dev: 0.010Std.dev in random network: 0.057

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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): ACTOR#13

RankAgentValueUnscaled
170.6450.032
2140.5410.027
3210.4550.023
460.1520.008
5180.1000.005
620.0970.005
710.0950.005
8110.0920.005
950.0500.002
1090.0500.002

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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: ACTOR#13 (size: 21, density: 0.116667)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1180.08632.667-0.027
270.06123.333-0.420
320.03513.333-0.842
410.03413.000-0.856
560.0186.667-1.122
6140.0176.500-1.129
7110.0051.917-1.322
8210.0031.000-1.361
990.0020.583-1.379

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

Mean: 0.012Mean in random network: 0.088
Std.dev: 0.023Std.dev in random network: 0.062

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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): ACTOR#13

RankAgentValue
1130.603
230.558
3190.508
410.411
540.362
6160.362
750.350
8200.304
920.287
10100.287

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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): ACTOR#13

RankAgentValue
1180.906
220.701
3140.648
470.369
5110.218
610.148
7210.137
850.136
990.136
1060.083

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Information centrality

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

Input network(s): ACTOR#13

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1130.0691.566
230.0611.393
380.0551.254
4170.0551.254
5190.0551.254
660.0551.241
710.0501.137
820.0481.093
950.0461.050
1090.0461.050

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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): ACTOR#13

RankAgentValue
1188.000
225.000
3134.000
463.000
573.000
6143.000
7213.000
812.000
932.000
1052.000

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Simmelian ties

The normalized number of Simmelian ties of each node.

Input network(s): ACTOR#13

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1All nodes have this value0.000

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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): ACTOR#13

RankAgentValue
180.667
2170.667
340.500
490.500
5120.500
6160.500
710.333
850.333
9210.300
10110.250

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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
1181318181871318
2732271437
321977142112
4110131326814
56414142118176
614511621913
711163311221
821201111111141
991665553
1032191999611