Standard Network Analysis: ACTOR#3

Standard Network Analysis: ACTOR#3

Input data: ACTOR#3

Start time: Tue Oct 18 15:31:34 2011

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Network Level Measures

MeasureValue
Row count21.000
Column count21.000
Link count7.000
Density0.017
Components of 1 node (isolates)15
Components of 2 nodes (dyadic isolates)1
Components of 3 or more nodes1
Reciprocity0.400
Characteristic path length1.125
Clustering coefficient0.079
Network levels (diameter)2.000
Network fragmentation0.967
Krackhardt connectedness0.033
Krackhardt efficiency0.667
Krackhardt hierarchy0.667
Krackhardt upperboundedness1.000
Degree centralization0.092
Betweenness centralization0.003
Closeness centralization0.015
Eigenvector centralization0.812
Reciprocal (symmetric)?No (40% of the links are reciprocal)

Node Level Measures

MeasureMinMaxAvgStddev
Total degree centrality0.0000.1000.0170.029
Total degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0004.0000.6671.168
In-degree centrality0.0000.1000.0170.028
In-degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0002.0000.3330.563
Out-degree centrality0.0000.1500.0170.039
Out-degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0003.0000.3330.777
Eigenvector centrality0.0000.8650.1310.280
Eigenvector centrality [Unscaled]0.0000.6120.0920.198
Eigenvector centrality per component0.0000.1170.0240.040
Closeness centrality0.0480.0560.0490.002
Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0020.0030.0020.000
In-Closeness centrality0.0480.0530.0490.002
In-Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0020.0030.0020.000
Betweenness centrality0.0000.0030.0000.001
Betweenness centrality [Unscaled]0.0001.0000.0480.213
Hub centrality0.0001.2030.0930.294
Authority centrality0.0001.0230.1280.281
Information centrality0.0000.3650.0480.103
Information centrality [Unscaled]0.0002.0790.2710.587
Clique membership count0.0001.0000.1430.350
Simmelian ties0.0000.0000.0000.000
Simmelian ties [Unscaled]0.0000.0000.0000.000
Clustering coefficient0.0001.0000.0790.234

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#3 (size: 21, density: 0.0166667)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1190.1004.0002.983
230.0753.0002.088
320.0502.0001.193
4140.0502.0001.193
5210.0502.0001.193
650.0251.0000.298

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

Mean: 0.017Mean in random network: 0.017
Std.dev: 0.029Std.dev in random network: 0.028

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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#3

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1140.1002.000
220.0501.000
330.0501.000
450.0501.000
5190.0501.000
6210.0501.000

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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#3

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1190.1503.000
230.1002.000
320.0501.000
4210.0501.000

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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#3 (size: 21, density: 0.0166667)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1190.8650.6120.326
230.7390.5230.095
3140.7390.5230.095
450.3990.282-0.532
520.0000.000-1.266
6210.0000.000-1.266

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

Mean: 0.131Mean in random network: 0.688
Std.dev: 0.280Std.dev in random network: 0.543

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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#3

RankAgentValue
1190.117
230.100
3140.100
420.067
5210.067
650.054

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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#3 (size: 21, density: 0.0166667)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1190.0560.003-57.156
230.0550.003-57.136
320.0500.002-56.467
4210.0500.002-56.467
510.0480.002-56.172
640.0480.002-56.172
750.0480.002-56.172
860.0480.002-56.172
970.0480.002-56.172
1080.0480.002-56.172

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

Mean: 0.049Mean in random network: -0.406
Std.dev: 0.002Std.dev in random network: -0.008

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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#3

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1140.0530.003
250.0520.003
320.0500.002
430.0500.002
5190.0500.002
6210.0500.002
710.0480.002
840.0480.002
960.0480.002
1070.0480.002

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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#3 (size: 21, density: 0.0166667)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1190.0031.000-0.753

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

Mean: 0.000Mean in random network: 0.162
Std.dev: 0.001Std.dev in random network: 0.212

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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#3

RankAgentValue
1191.203
230.744
320.000
4210.000

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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#3

RankAgentValue
1141.023
230.632
350.632
4190.391
520.000
6210.000

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Information centrality

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

Input network(s): ACTOR#3

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1190.3652.079
230.2581.469
320.1891.074
4210.1891.074

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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#3

RankAgentValue
131.000
2141.000
3191.000

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Simmelian ties

The normalized number of Simmelian ties of each node.

Input network(s): ACTOR#3

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#3

RankAgentValue
1141.000
230.500
3190.167

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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
11919191914141919
213332533
32214143222
432152532114
5412211919121
654215212145
765111151
876444464
987666676
1098777787