Standard Network Analysis: ACTOR#16

Standard Network Analysis: ACTOR#16

Input data: ACTOR#16

Start time: Tue Oct 18 15:30:55 2011

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Network Level Measures

MeasureValue
Row count21.000
Column count21.000
Link count25.000
Density0.060
Components of 1 node (isolates)4
Components of 2 nodes (dyadic isolates)0
Components of 3 or more nodes3
Reciprocity0.250
Characteristic path length2.494
Clustering coefficient0.227
Network levels (diameter)6.000
Network fragmentation0.710
Krackhardt connectedness0.290
Krackhardt efficiency0.872
Krackhardt hierarchy0.541
Krackhardt upperboundedness1.000
Degree centralization0.128
Betweenness centralization0.075
Closeness centralization0.046
Eigenvector centralization0.479
Reciprocal (symmetric)?No (25% of the links are reciprocal)

Node Level Measures

MeasureMinMaxAvgStddev
Total degree centrality0.0000.1750.0600.048
Total degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0007.0002.3811.914
In-degree centrality0.0000.2000.0600.055
In-degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0004.0001.1901.096
Out-degree centrality0.0000.2000.0600.055
Out-degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0004.0001.1901.096
Eigenvector centrality0.0000.6400.2070.229
Eigenvector centrality [Unscaled]0.0000.4520.1460.162
Eigenvector centrality per component0.0000.2370.1000.071
Closeness centrality0.0480.0830.0620.015
Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0020.0040.0030.001
In-Closeness centrality0.0480.0850.0610.013
In-Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0020.0040.0030.001
Betweenness centrality0.0000.0880.0170.029
Betweenness centrality [Unscaled]0.00033.5006.33310.860
Hub centrality0.0000.9890.1690.258
Authority centrality0.0000.9050.1690.258
Information centrality0.0000.1040.0480.036
Information centrality [Unscaled]0.0001.2780.5870.445
Clique membership count0.0002.0000.5710.660
Simmelian ties0.0000.0000.0000.000
Simmelian ties [Unscaled]0.0000.0000.0000.000
Clustering coefficient0.0001.0000.2270.315

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#16 (size: 21, density: 0.0595238)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
120.1757.0002.237
210.1506.0001.752
3120.1255.0001.268
440.1004.0000.784
5210.1004.0000.784
680.0753.0000.300
7160.0753.0000.300
8180.0753.0000.300
950.0502.000-0.184
1070.0502.000-0.184

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

Mean: 0.060Mean in random network: 0.060
Std.dev: 0.048Std.dev in random network: 0.052

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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#16

RankAgentValueUnscaled
120.2004.000
2120.1503.000
310.1002.000
440.1002.000
550.1002.000
6130.1002.000
7180.1002.000
8210.1002.000
930.0501.000
1070.0501.000

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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#16

RankAgentValueUnscaled
110.2004.000
220.1503.000
340.1002.000
480.1002.000
590.1002.000
6120.1002.000
7160.1002.000
8210.1002.000
960.0501.000
1070.0501.000

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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#16 (size: 21, density: 0.0595238)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
110.6400.4521.198
2120.6220.4401.143
320.5990.4231.072
4210.4520.3200.619
5160.3940.2790.440
6180.3940.2790.440
740.3530.2490.312
880.3100.2190.181
970.2000.141-0.160
1060.1980.140-0.167

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

Mean: 0.207Mean in random network: 0.252
Std.dev: 0.229Std.dev in random network: 0.324

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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#16

RankAgentValue
110.237
2120.230
320.222
4210.167
5160.146
6180.146
740.131
880.115
9140.101
1050.082

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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#16 (size: 21, density: 0.0595238)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
160.0830.004-2.341
210.0810.004-2.458
320.0800.004-2.486
4120.0800.004-2.500
5160.0790.004-2.528
6210.0790.004-2.541
780.0780.004-2.568
8180.0780.004-2.595
940.0760.004-2.646
1090.0530.003-3.680

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

Mean: 0.062Mean in random network: 0.137
Std.dev: 0.015Std.dev in random network: 0.023

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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#16

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1130.0850.004
270.0780.004
3120.0750.004
4210.0750.004
520.0750.004
640.0740.004
710.0730.004
8180.0730.004
980.0720.004
10160.0710.004

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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#16 (size: 21, density: 0.0595238)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1120.08833.500-0.095
220.07930.000-0.128
3210.07026.500-0.162
410.05320.000-0.224
540.03011.500-0.305
680.0187.000-0.348
770.0093.500-0.382
8140.0031.000-0.405

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

Mean: 0.017Mean in random network: 0.114
Std.dev: 0.029Std.dev in random network: 0.276

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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#16

RankAgentValue
110.989
2160.517
320.499
4210.424
5180.358
680.323
760.243
8120.187
940.000
1090.000

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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#16

RankAgentValue
120.905
2120.615
3180.588
410.402
5160.391
6210.271
740.202
870.168
950.000
10130.000

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Information centrality

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

Input network(s): ACTOR#16

RankAgentValueUnscaled
110.1041.278
2120.0891.101
3210.0871.077
490.0841.040
5160.0811.001
620.0790.972
780.0710.873
840.0710.871
970.0610.748
1060.0590.725

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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#16

RankAgentValue
112.000
222.000
341.000
451.000
581.000
691.000
7121.000
8161.000
9181.000
10191.000

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Simmelian ties

The normalized number of Simmelian ties of each node.

Input network(s): ACTOR#16

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#16

RankAgentValue
1161.000
2181.000
350.500
480.500
590.500
6190.500
710.250
820.250
940.167
10120.100

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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
11261121312
221121212721
321222112412
4112212142184
5416161652921
68211818134128
778441811616
814188821182118
9347143865
10596571677