Standard Network Analysis: ACTOR#20

Standard Network Analysis: ACTOR#20

Input data: ACTOR#20

Start time: Mon Oct 17 14:32:27 2011

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Network Level Measures

MeasureValue
Row count21.000
Column count21.000
Link count86.000
Density0.205
Components of 1 node (isolates)0
Components of 2 nodes (dyadic isolates)0
Components of 3 or more nodes1
Reciprocity0.344
Characteristic path length2.068
Clustering coefficient0.625
Network levels (diameter)4.000
Network fragmentation0.000
Krackhardt connectedness1.000
Krackhardt efficiency0.768
Krackhardt hierarchy0.095
Krackhardt upperboundedness1.000
Degree centralization0.437
Betweenness centralization0.252
Closeness centralization0.238
Eigenvector centralization0.346
Reciprocal (symmetric)?No (34% of the links are reciprocal)

Node Level Measures

MeasureMinMaxAvgStddev
Total degree centrality0.0500.6000.2050.159
Total degree centrality [Unscaled]2.00024.0008.1906.374
In-degree centrality0.0000.6000.2050.195
In-degree centrality [Unscaled]0.00012.0004.0953.902
Out-degree centrality0.0500.6000.2050.145
Out-degree centrality [Unscaled]1.00012.0004.0952.910
Eigenvector centrality0.1030.5890.2770.137
Eigenvector centrality [Unscaled]0.0730.4170.1960.097
Eigenvector centrality per component0.0730.4170.1960.097
Closeness centrality0.2560.4550.3440.049
Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0130.0230.0170.002
In-Closeness centrality0.0480.6900.4800.137
In-Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0020.0340.0240.007
Betweenness centrality0.0000.2930.0540.093
Betweenness centrality [Unscaled]0.000111.38120.33335.210
Hub centrality0.0620.5660.2770.137
Authority centrality0.0000.6380.2390.196
Information centrality0.0230.0730.0480.014
Information centrality [Unscaled]0.7222.2611.4770.423
Clique membership count1.00016.0003.8104.216
Simmelian ties0.0000.2500.0430.073
Simmelian ties [Unscaled]0.0005.0000.8571.457
Clustering coefficient0.1731.0000.6250.300

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#20 (size: 21, density: 0.204762)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1200.60024.0004.488
2140.50020.0003.353
3180.50020.0003.353
4210.37515.0001.933
520.30012.0001.082
670.27511.0000.798
7170.25010.0000.514
8110.2259.0000.230
930.1506.000-0.622
1060.1255.000-0.906

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

Mean: 0.205Mean in random network: 0.205
Std.dev: 0.159Std.dev in random network: 0.088

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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#20

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1180.60012.000
2200.60012.000
3140.55011.000
420.4509.000
5210.4008.000
670.3507.000
7110.2505.000
860.1503.000
9120.1503.000
1010.1002.000

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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#20

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1200.60012.000
2140.4509.000
3170.4008.000
4180.4008.000
5210.3507.000
630.2004.000
770.2004.000
8110.2004.000
9190.2004.000
1020.1503.000

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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#20 (size: 21, density: 0.204762)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1200.5890.4170.353
2180.5450.3850.203
320.4380.309-0.157
4140.4290.304-0.185
5210.4170.295-0.227
670.3940.278-0.304
7170.3300.233-0.517
8110.2950.209-0.635
930.2470.174-0.798
1080.2410.170-0.818

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

Mean: 0.277Mean in random network: 0.484
Std.dev: 0.137Std.dev in random network: 0.298

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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#20

RankAgentValue
1200.417
2180.385
320.309
4140.304
5210.295
670.278
7170.233
8110.209
930.174
1080.170

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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#20 (size: 21, density: 0.204762)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1100.4550.0230.180
2200.4260.021-0.326
3140.4000.020-0.771
4180.3920.020-0.907
5210.3850.019-1.039
6170.3640.018-1.404
770.3570.018-1.518
8190.3570.018-1.518
950.3510.018-1.627
10130.3510.018-1.627

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

Mean: 0.344Mean in random network: 0.444
Std.dev: 0.049Std.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#20

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1140.6900.034
2180.6670.033
3200.6670.033
420.6450.032
570.6060.030
6210.5880.029
7110.5130.026
8160.4760.024
960.4650.023
1080.4650.023

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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#20 (size: 21, density: 0.204762)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1140.293111.3814.916
2200.286108.5644.753
3210.18469.7812.505
4180.14053.2291.546
520.12447.1291.192
670.06123.100-0.201
7170.0186.986-1.135
8110.0103.721-1.324
930.0051.900-1.429
1060.0020.810-1.493

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

Mean: 0.054Mean in random network: 0.070
Std.dev: 0.093Std.dev in random network: 0.045

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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#20

RankAgentValue
1200.566
2180.494
3170.444
4210.397
5140.389
6190.351
7110.332
830.316
950.300
10130.300

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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#20

RankAgentValue
1180.638
2200.638
3140.601
420.415
570.390
6210.390
7110.321
8120.225
960.206
1080.169

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Information centrality

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

Input network(s): ACTOR#20

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1200.0732.261
2140.0662.047
3180.0662.046
4170.0662.033
5210.0611.903
630.0531.633
7190.0531.632
8110.0521.605
970.0511.593
1020.0501.561

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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#20

RankAgentValue
12016.000
21814.000
328.000
4147.000
5216.000
6175.000
774.000
833.000
9113.000
1012.000

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Simmelian ties

The normalized number of Simmelian ties of each node.

Input network(s): ACTOR#20

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1200.2505.000
2140.1503.000
3180.1503.000
4210.1503.000
5110.1002.000
6170.1002.000

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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#20

RankAgentValue
151.000
291.000
3101.000
4121.000
5131.000
6151.000
7160.833
8190.833
960.750
1080.750

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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
11410202018142020
22020181820181414
321142214201718
418181414221821
52212121217212
67177772137
717717171111717
8111911116161111
93533126193
10613881826