Standard Network Analysis: ACTOR#15

Standard Network Analysis: ACTOR#15

Input data: ACTOR15

Start time: Tue Oct 18 15:30:49 2011

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Network Level Measures

MeasureValue
Row count21.000
Column count21.000
Link count34.000
Density0.081
Components of 1 node (isolates)7
Components of 2 nodes (dyadic isolates)1
Components of 3 or more nodes1
Reciprocity0.700
Characteristic path length2.063
Clustering coefficient0.215
Network levels (diameter)5.000
Network fragmentation0.681
Krackhardt connectedness0.319
Krackhardt efficiency0.855
Krackhardt hierarchy0.328
Krackhardt upperboundedness1.000
Degree centralization0.353
Betweenness centralization0.176
Closeness centralization0.060
Eigenvector centralization0.553
Reciprocal (symmetric)?No (70% of the links are reciprocal)

Node Level Measures

MeasureMinMaxAvgStddev
Total degree centrality0.0000.4000.0810.101
Total degree centrality [Unscaled]0.00016.0003.2384.046
In-degree centrality0.0000.4000.0810.104
In-degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0008.0001.6192.081
Out-degree centrality0.0000.4000.0810.102
Out-degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0008.0001.6192.035
Eigenvector centrality0.0000.6860.1860.246
Eigenvector centrality [Unscaled]0.0000.4850.1310.174
Eigenvector centrality per component0.0000.2770.0820.097
Closeness centrality0.0480.0980.0700.023
Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0020.0050.0040.001
In-Closeness centrality0.0480.0880.0670.017
In-Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0020.0040.0030.001
Betweenness centrality0.0000.1830.0150.040
Betweenness centrality [Unscaled]0.00069.5005.66715.291
Hub centrality0.0000.7030.1860.246
Authority centrality0.0000.7480.1820.249
Information centrality0.0000.1420.0480.047
Information centrality [Unscaled]0.0002.0030.6720.662
Clique membership count0.0002.0000.4290.728
Simmelian ties0.0000.2500.0480.079
Simmelian ties [Unscaled]0.0005.0000.9521.588
Clustering coefficient0.0001.0000.2150.366

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#15 (size: 21, density: 0.0809524)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1150.40016.0005.360
2190.2259.0002.420
3140.2008.0002.000
450.1757.0001.580
590.1757.0001.580
630.1255.0000.740
7110.1004.0000.320
810.0753.000-0.100
940.0502.000-0.520
1060.0502.000-0.520

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

Mean: 0.081Mean in random network: 0.081
Std.dev: 0.101Std.dev in random network: 0.060

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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#15

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1150.4008.000
2140.2505.000
3190.2505.000
450.1503.000
590.1503.000
630.1002.000
7110.1002.000
810.0501.000
940.0501.000
1060.0501.000

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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#15

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1150.4008.000
250.2004.000
390.2004.000
4190.2004.000
530.1503.000
6140.1503.000
710.1002.000
8110.1002.000
940.0501.000
1060.0501.000

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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#15 (size: 21, density: 0.0809524)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1150.6860.4851.163
2140.6020.4260.903
3190.6020.4260.903
450.5280.3740.672
590.5280.3740.672
630.4130.2920.312
710.1580.112-0.485
8110.1570.111-0.486
960.1500.106-0.510
10120.0360.026-0.864

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

Mean: 0.186Mean in random network: 0.313
Std.dev: 0.246Std.dev in random network: 0.320

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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#15

RankAgentValue
1150.277
2140.243
3190.243
450.214
590.214
630.167
7160.067
8180.067
910.064
10110.064

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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#15 (size: 21, density: 0.0809524)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1150.0980.005-2.886
210.0950.005-2.955
350.0950.005-2.966
490.0950.005-2.966
5190.0950.005-2.966
630.0940.005-2.977
7110.0940.005-2.977
8140.0940.005-2.977
960.0930.005-2.998
1040.0900.005-3.081

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

Mean: 0.070Mean in random network: 0.216
Std.dev: 0.023Std.dev in random network: 0.041

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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#15

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1170.0880.004
2120.0840.004
3150.0830.004
4140.0820.004
5190.0820.004
650.0810.004
790.0810.004
8110.0810.004
930.0810.004
1010.0800.004

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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#15 (size: 21, density: 0.0809524)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1150.18369.5000.492
210.04718.000-0.332
3110.04718.000-0.332
4120.02610.000-0.460
5190.0052.000-0.588
6140.0041.500-0.596

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

Mean: 0.015Mean in random network: 0.102
Std.dev: 0.040Std.dev in random network: 0.164

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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#15

RankAgentValue
1150.703
250.596
390.596
4190.544
530.494
6140.392
710.187
8110.187
960.176
1040.041

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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#15

RankAgentValue
1150.748
2140.691
3190.655
450.434
590.434
630.258
7110.175
810.166
960.166
1040.044

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Information centrality

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

Input network(s): ACTOR#15

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1150.1422.003
250.1091.537
390.1091.537
4190.1021.440
530.0971.372
6140.0911.282
710.0871.225
8110.0640.910
9120.0550.770
1060.0540.767

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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#15

RankAgentValue
1142.000
2152.000
3192.000
431.000
551.000
691.000

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Simmelian ties

The normalized number of Simmelian ties of each node.

Input network(s): ACTOR#15

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1150.2505.000
2190.2004.000
350.1503.000
490.1503.000
5140.1503.000
630.1002.000

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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#15

RankAgentValue
131.000
250.917
390.917
4140.750
5190.700
6150.232

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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
11515151515171515
21114141412519
311519191915914
412955514195
519199991939
61433335143
7211116119111
83141118111111
946614344
105412116166