Standard Network Analysis: ACTOR#17

Standard Network Analysis: ACTOR#17

Input data: ACTOR#17

Start time: Mon Oct 17 14:32:06 2011

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Network Level Measures

MeasureValue
Row count21.000
Column count21.000
Link count43.000
Density0.102
Components of 1 node (isolates)0
Components of 2 nodes (dyadic isolates)0
Components of 3 or more nodes1
Reciprocity0.132
Characteristic path length1.858
Clustering coefficient0.239
Network levels (diameter)3.000
Network fragmentation0.000
Krackhardt connectedness1.000
Krackhardt efficiency0.905
Krackhardt hierarchy0.866
Krackhardt upperboundedness0.484
Degree centralization0.218
Betweenness centralization0.067
Closeness centralization0.030
Eigenvector centralization0.416
Reciprocal (symmetric)?No (13% of the links are reciprocal)

Node Level Measures

MeasureMinMaxAvgStddev
Total degree centrality0.0250.3000.1020.092
Total degree centrality [Unscaled]1.00012.0004.0953.689
In-degree centrality0.0000.5000.1020.153
In-degree centrality [Unscaled]0.00010.0002.0483.062
Out-degree centrality0.0500.2500.1020.061
Out-degree centrality [Unscaled]1.0005.0002.0481.214
Eigenvector centrality0.0780.6310.2540.175
Eigenvector centrality [Unscaled]0.0550.4460.1800.124
Eigenvector centrality per component0.0550.4460.1800.124
Closeness centrality0.0610.0800.0660.004
Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0030.0040.0030.000
In-Closeness centrality0.0480.6670.1890.226
In-Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0020.0330.0090.011
Betweenness centrality0.0000.0780.0140.026
Betweenness centrality [Unscaled]0.00029.5005.19010.018
Hub centrality0.0660.6340.2500.181
Authority centrality0.0000.9070.1640.262
Information centrality0.0330.0690.0480.012
Information centrality [Unscaled]0.5971.2450.8550.214
Clique membership count0.0008.0001.7141.979
Simmelian ties0.0000.0000.0000.000
Simmelian ties [Unscaled]0.0000.0000.0000.000
Clustering coefficient0.0001.0000.2390.288

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#17 (size: 21, density: 0.102381)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
120.30012.0002.987
2140.30012.0002.987
370.27511.0002.609
4210.2008.0001.476
5180.1757.0001.098
6170.1506.0000.720
710.1004.000-0.036
840.1004.000-0.036
980.1004.000-0.036
10120.0753.000-0.414

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

Mean: 0.102Mean in random network: 0.102
Std.dev: 0.092Std.dev in random network: 0.066

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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#17

RankAgentValueUnscaled
120.50010.000
2140.4008.000
370.3507.000
4210.3006.000
5180.2004.000
610.1503.000
740.1503.000
8120.0501.000
9170.0501.000

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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#17

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1170.2505.000
270.2004.000
380.2004.000
4140.2004.000
5180.1503.000
620.1002.000
730.1002.000
860.1002.000
9110.1002.000
10120.1002.000

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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#17 (size: 21, density: 0.102381)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
120.6310.4460.822
2140.5300.3750.505
3210.5240.3710.486
470.5160.3650.458
5180.4370.3090.209
6170.4130.2920.135
780.2960.209-0.235
840.2640.187-0.335
910.2390.169-0.414
10150.2070.146-0.515

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

Mean: 0.254Mean in random network: 0.370
Std.dev: 0.175Std.dev in random network: 0.317

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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#17

RankAgentValue
120.446
2140.375
3210.371
470.365
5180.309
6170.292
780.209
840.187
910.169
10150.146

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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#17 (size: 21, density: 0.102381)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
160.0800.004-3.693
2120.0750.004-3.788
3170.0710.004-3.853
480.0700.004-3.867
5150.0660.003-3.944
630.0660.003-3.948
7110.0660.003-3.948
850.0650.003-3.952
990.0650.003-3.952
10130.0650.003-3.952

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

Mean: 0.066Mean in random network: 0.289
Std.dev: 0.004Std.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#17

RankAgentValueUnscaled
120.6670.033
270.6060.030
3210.5410.027
4140.5130.026
5180.4760.024
610.4350.022
740.0590.003
8170.0520.003
9120.0500.002
1030.0480.002

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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#17 (size: 21, density: 0.102381)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
120.07829.500-0.198
2140.07829.500-0.198
370.07528.500-0.238
4180.0176.500-1.126
5170.0166.000-1.146
6210.0166.000-1.146
7120.0072.500-1.287
840.0010.500-1.368

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

Mean: 0.014Mean in random network: 0.091
Std.dev: 0.026Std.dev in random network: 0.065

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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#17

RankAgentValue
1170.634
2140.572
370.501
4180.501
580.492
6210.350
7150.279
8110.213
930.213
1020.212

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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#17

RankAgentValue
120.907
2210.656
370.619
4180.312
5140.309
610.307
740.274
8120.036
9170.015

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Information centrality

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

Input network(s): ACTOR#17

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1170.0691.245
2140.0691.233
380.0651.165
470.0611.090
5180.0601.080
6210.0520.930
720.0510.922
8120.0510.922
930.0510.912
10110.0510.912

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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#17

RankAgentValue
128.000
274.000
3174.000
443.000
583.000
6143.000
7213.000
812.000
9182.000
1031.000

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Simmelian ties

The normalized number of Simmelian ties of each node.

Input network(s): ACTOR#17

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#17

RankAgentValue
131.000
2111.000
3150.500
410.333
580.333
6180.333
7170.300
8210.286
940.250
1070.238

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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
1262222172
214121414147714
3717212172187
41887721141421
51715181818181818
6213171711217
71211884431
84544121764
919111712118
103131515331212