Standard Network Analysis: ACTOR#19

Standard Network Analysis: ACTOR#19

Input data: ACTOR#19

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

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Network Level Measures

MeasureValue
Row count21.000
Column count21.000
Link count105.000
Density0.250
Components of 1 node (isolates)0
Components of 2 nodes (dyadic isolates)0
Components of 3 or more nodes1
Reciprocity0.280
Characteristic path length2.289
Clustering coefficient0.524
Network levels (diameter)5.000
Network fragmentation0.000
Krackhardt connectedness1.000
Krackhardt efficiency0.674
Krackhardt hierarchy0.486
Krackhardt upperboundedness1.000
Degree centralization0.276
Betweenness centralization0.167
Closeness centralization0.735
Eigenvector centralization0.228
Reciprocal (symmetric)?No (28% of the links are reciprocal)

Node Level Measures

MeasureMinMaxAvgStddev
Total degree centrality0.1000.5000.2500.124
Total degree centrality [Unscaled]4.00020.00010.0004.957
In-degree centrality0.0000.8000.2500.224
In-degree centrality [Unscaled]0.00016.0005.0004.483
Out-degree centrality0.1000.5500.2500.107
Out-degree centrality [Unscaled]2.00011.0005.0002.138
Eigenvector centrality0.0360.4780.2720.146
Eigenvector centrality [Unscaled]0.0260.3380.1920.103
Eigenvector centrality per component0.0260.3380.1920.103
Closeness centrality0.1200.5130.1720.095
Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0060.0260.0090.005
In-Closeness centrality0.0480.8330.3650.248
In-Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0020.0420.0180.012
Betweenness centrality0.0000.2100.0510.071
Betweenness centrality [Unscaled]0.00079.90019.52427.043
Hub centrality0.0220.5510.2790.133
Authority centrality0.0000.6980.2220.215
Information centrality0.0310.0670.0480.010
Information centrality [Unscaled]1.4123.1222.2030.446
Clique membership count1.0009.0003.3812.340
Simmelian ties0.0000.2500.0670.085
Simmelian ties [Unscaled]0.0005.0001.3331.700
Clustering coefficient0.2670.8330.5240.155

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#19 (size: 21, density: 0.25)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
120.50020.0002.646
2180.47519.0002.381
370.45018.0002.117
4140.42517.0001.852
5190.37515.0001.323
6110.30012.0000.529
710.27511.0000.265
8200.27511.0000.265
950.25010.0000.000
1030.2259.000-0.265

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

Mean: 0.250Mean in random network: 0.250
Std.dev: 0.124Std.dev in random network: 0.094

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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#19

RankAgentValueUnscaled
120.80016.000
270.65013.000
3140.60012.000
4180.60012.000
5110.4509.000
610.2505.000
730.2505.000
8200.2505.000
9190.2004.000
10210.2004.000

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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#19

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1190.55011.000
2130.4509.000
350.3507.000
4180.3507.000
510.3006.000
6150.3006.000
7200.3006.000
870.2505.000
990.2505.000
10140.2505.000

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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#19 (size: 21, density: 0.25)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
120.4780.338-0.197
2180.4600.326-0.257
3190.4600.325-0.258
4140.4380.310-0.333
570.4270.302-0.371
6200.4190.296-0.401
7110.3970.280-0.477
850.3750.265-0.551
9130.3750.265-0.551
10150.2940.208-0.833

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

Mean: 0.272Mean in random network: 0.535
Std.dev: 0.146Std.dev in random network: 0.289

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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#19

RankAgentValue
120.338
2180.326
3190.325
4140.310
570.302
6200.296
7110.280
850.265
9130.265
10150.208

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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#19 (size: 21, density: 0.25)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1130.5130.0260.003
290.3030.015-3.633
3190.2780.014-4.070
450.2530.013-4.497
5150.2380.012-4.758
6200.1460.007-6.355
7180.1320.007-6.604
810.1310.007-6.619
9140.1270.006-6.677
10170.1270.006-6.677

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

Mean: 0.172Mean in random network: 0.513
Std.dev: 0.095Std.dev in random network: 0.058

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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#19

RankAgentValueUnscaled
120.8330.042
270.7410.037
3140.7140.036
4180.6670.033
5110.6060.030
630.5560.028
7210.4760.024
810.4650.023
9100.4350.022
1060.3390.017

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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#19 (size: 21, density: 0.25)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1180.21079.9004.080
270.20276.9003.864
310.16562.8332.854
4210.16161.0002.722
560.09736.7500.981
620.09536.2330.943
7140.04918.500-0.330
8190.04717.833-0.378
9170.0134.750-1.318
10110.0114.333-1.348

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

Mean: 0.051Mean in random network: 0.061
Std.dev: 0.071Std.dev in random network: 0.037

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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#19

RankAgentValue
1190.551
2130.487
350.456
4200.416
5180.403
6150.376
7140.346
830.327
970.282
1020.266

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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#19

RankAgentValue
120.698
270.588
3140.578
4180.546
5110.469
6200.278
730.251
8190.203
910.200
10100.186

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Information centrality

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

Input network(s): ACTOR#19

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1190.0673.122
2130.0642.939
350.0592.710
4180.0582.684
5200.0562.593
6150.0552.546
710.0512.375
890.0512.359
970.0502.324
10140.0492.288

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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#19

RankAgentValue
129.000
2187.000
3197.000
476.000
5146.000
6205.000
714.000
8214.000
9113.000
10173.000

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Simmelian ties

The normalized number of Simmelian ties of each node.

Input network(s): ACTOR#19

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1140.2505.000
220.2004.000
330.2004.000
470.2004.000
5180.1503.000
660.1002.000
7110.1002.000
8120.1002.000
9170.1002.000

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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#19

RankAgentValue
180.833
2120.833
330.750
440.667
5160.667
660.583
7130.556
8170.550
950.542
10150.524

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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
118132222192
2791818771318
31191919141457
4215141418181814
5615771111119
62202020131511
714181111321201
819155201720
917141313191095
1011171515216143