Standard Network Analysis: ACTOR#12

Standard Network Analysis: ACTOR#12

Input data: ACTOR#12

Start time: Tue Oct 18 15:30:30 2011

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Network Level Measures

MeasureValue
Row count21.000
Column count21.000
Link count27.000
Density0.064
Components of 1 node (isolates)6
Components of 2 nodes (dyadic isolates)0
Components of 3 or more nodes1
Reciprocity0.500
Characteristic path length2.028
Clustering coefficient0.151
Network levels (diameter)5.000
Network fragmentation0.500
Krackhardt connectedness0.500
Krackhardt efficiency0.956
Krackhardt hierarchy0.560
Krackhardt upperboundedness0.440
Degree centralization0.150
Betweenness centralization0.051
Closeness centralization0.047
Eigenvector centralization0.555
Reciprocal (symmetric)?No (50% of the links are reciprocal)

Node Level Measures

MeasureMinMaxAvgStddev
Total degree centrality0.0000.2000.0640.062
Total degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0008.0002.5712.499
In-degree centrality0.0000.2000.0640.064
In-degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0004.0001.2861.278
Out-degree centrality0.0000.2000.0640.073
Out-degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0004.0001.2861.452
Eigenvector centrality0.0000.6980.1960.238
Eigenvector centrality [Unscaled]0.0000.4930.1390.169
Eigenvector centrality per component0.0000.3520.0990.120
Closeness centrality0.0480.0810.0590.015
Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0020.0040.0030.001
In-Closeness centrality0.0480.0920.0580.012
In-Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0020.0050.0030.001
Betweenness centrality0.0000.0580.0090.018
Betweenness centrality [Unscaled]0.00022.0003.5246.695
Hub centrality0.0000.7160.1750.254
Authority centrality0.0000.7500.1860.246
Information centrality0.0000.1260.0480.050
Information centrality [Unscaled]0.0001.5430.5830.611
Clique membership count0.0003.0000.5710.904
Simmelian ties0.0000.2000.0290.055
Simmelian ties [Unscaled]0.0004.0000.5711.094
Clustering coefficient0.0001.0000.1510.263

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#12 (size: 21, density: 0.0642857)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1120.2008.0002.536
240.1757.0002.069
3210.1757.0002.069
410.1255.0001.134
5170.1255.0001.134
620.1004.0000.667
730.0753.0000.200
850.0753.0000.200
9140.0753.0000.200
1070.0502.000-0.267

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

Mean: 0.064Mean in random network: 0.064
Std.dev: 0.062Std.dev in random network: 0.054

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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#12

RankAgentValueUnscaled
140.2004.000
2120.2004.000
3140.1503.000
4210.1503.000
510.1002.000
670.1002.000
7170.1002.000
820.0501.000
930.0501.000
1050.0501.000

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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#12

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1120.2004.000
2210.2004.000
310.1503.000
420.1503.000
540.1503.000
6170.1503.000
730.1002.000
850.1002.000
980.0501.000
10110.0501.000

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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#12 (size: 21, density: 0.0642857)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1120.6980.4931.339
240.6030.4261.044
3170.5900.4181.007
4210.5880.4160.999
510.4510.3190.574
620.3110.2200.142
770.2810.1990.049
880.1880.133-0.239
9160.1410.100-0.386
10140.1260.089-0.431

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

Mean: 0.196Mean in random network: 0.265
Std.dev: 0.238Std.dev in random network: 0.323

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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#12

RankAgentValue
1120.352
240.304
3170.298
4210.297
510.228
620.157
770.142
880.095
9160.071
10140.064

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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#12 (size: 21, density: 0.0642857)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1120.0810.004-2.722
2210.0810.004-2.734
3170.0810.004-2.746
410.0800.004-2.770
540.0800.004-2.770
620.0790.004-2.794
780.0780.004-2.862
8110.0550.003-3.690
930.0530.003-3.787
1050.0530.003-3.787

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

Mean: 0.059Mean in random network: 0.155
Std.dev: 0.015Std.dev in random network: 0.027

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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#12

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1140.0920.005
270.0690.003
3160.0690.003
4120.0660.003
540.0660.003
6210.0660.003
710.0660.003
8170.0660.003
980.0650.003
1020.0650.003

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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#12 (size: 21, density: 0.0642857)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1120.05822.000-0.214
2210.05521.000-0.225
340.03714.000-0.298
410.0166.000-0.382
520.0166.000-0.382
630.0052.000-0.424
7170.0052.000-0.424
850.0031.000-0.434

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

Mean: 0.009Mean in random network: 0.112
Std.dev: 0.018Std.dev in random network: 0.251

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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#12

RankAgentValue
1120.716
2170.697
310.563
4210.557
540.426
620.352
780.249
850.059
930.059
10110.000

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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#12

RankAgentValue
1120.750
240.744
3210.590
4170.426
510.382
670.304
7160.188
820.186
9140.157
1080.143

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Information centrality

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

Input network(s): ACTOR#12

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1210.1261.543
220.1171.439
3120.1171.438
4170.1121.377
510.1091.339
630.0981.204
740.0961.173
850.0670.821
9110.0630.770
1080.0540.661

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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#12

RankAgentValue
1123.000
242.000
3172.000
4212.000
511.000
621.000
771.000

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Simmelian ties

The normalized number of Simmelian ties of each node.

Input network(s): ACTOR#12

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1120.2004.000
210.1002.000
340.1002.000
4170.1002.000
5210.1002.000

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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#12

RankAgentValue
171.000
2170.667
3120.417
410.333
540.333
6210.250
720.167

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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
1121212124141212
2212144127214
341717171416121
4112121211221
5241114417
63222721172
71787717133
85118821755
963161638814
1075141452117