Standard Network Analysis: ACTOR#4

Standard Network Analysis: ACTOR#4

Input data: ACTOR#4

Start time: Tue Oct 18 15:31:40 2011

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Network Level Measures

MeasureValue
Row count21.000
Column count21.000
Link count36.000
Density0.086
Components of 1 node (isolates)4
Components of 2 nodes (dyadic isolates)0
Components of 3 or more nodes2
Reciprocity0.440
Characteristic path length1.893
Clustering coefficient0.340
Network levels (diameter)5.000
Network fragmentation0.686
Krackhardt connectedness0.314
Krackhardt efficiency0.804
Krackhardt hierarchy0.526
Krackhardt upperboundedness0.902
Degree centralization0.154
Betweenness centralization0.036
Closeness centralization0.045
Eigenvector centralization0.536
Reciprocal (symmetric)?No (44% of the links are reciprocal)

Node Level Measures

MeasureMinMaxAvgStddev
Total degree centrality0.0000.2250.0860.071
Total degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0009.0003.4292.838
In-degree centrality0.0000.2000.0860.062
In-degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0004.0001.7141.240
Out-degree centrality0.0000.3000.0860.095
Out-degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0006.0001.7141.906
Eigenvector centrality0.0000.6820.1970.238
Eigenvector centrality [Unscaled]0.0000.4820.1390.168
Eigenvector centrality per component0.0000.2300.1050.071
Closeness centrality0.0480.0820.0610.014
Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0020.0040.0030.001
In-Closeness centrality0.0480.0700.0590.008
In-Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0020.0030.0030.000
Betweenness centrality0.0000.0430.0090.014
Betweenness centrality [Unscaled]0.00016.5003.5715.461
Hub centrality0.0000.8700.1530.268
Authority centrality0.0000.6470.1970.238
Information centrality0.0000.1300.0480.046
Information centrality [Unscaled]0.0002.0830.7650.739
Clique membership count0.0004.0001.0481.090
Simmelian ties0.0000.1500.0240.050
Simmelian ties [Unscaled]0.0003.0000.4761.006
Clustering coefficient0.0001.0000.3400.361

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#4 (size: 21, density: 0.0857143)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
110.2259.0002.280
240.2259.0002.280
320.1757.0001.462
4120.1757.0001.462
5190.1506.0001.052
680.1255.0000.643
7210.1255.0000.643
850.1004.0000.234
9150.1004.0000.234
1090.0753.000-0.175

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

Mean: 0.086Mean in random network: 0.086
Std.dev: 0.071Std.dev in random network: 0.061

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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#4

RankAgentValueUnscaled
120.2004.000
210.1503.000
340.1503.000
480.1503.000
5120.1503.000
6140.1503.000
7190.1503.000
850.1002.000
970.1002.000
10160.1002.000

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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#4

RankAgentValueUnscaled
110.3006.000
240.3006.000
3120.2004.000
420.1503.000
5150.1503.000
6190.1503.000
7210.1503.000
850.1002.000
980.1002.000
1090.1002.000

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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#4 (size: 21, density: 0.0857143)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
110.6820.4821.110
240.6550.4631.027
320.5260.3720.625
4120.5150.3640.589
580.4550.3220.400
6160.3280.2320.005
7210.3060.216-0.065
8180.2970.210-0.094
970.2040.145-0.383
10170.1610.114-0.519

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

Mean: 0.197Mean in random network: 0.327
Std.dev: 0.238Std.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#4

RankAgentValue
110.230
240.221
3190.192
420.177
5120.173
680.153
7140.146
8150.146
950.114
1090.114

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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#4 (size: 21, density: 0.0857143)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
110.0820.004-3.373
240.0820.004-3.373
3120.0820.004-3.388
4210.0810.004-3.410
580.0800.004-3.417
620.0790.004-3.445
7180.0770.004-3.499
8190.0620.003-3.824
9150.0620.003-3.828
1050.0620.003-3.832

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

Mean: 0.061Mean in random network: 0.233
Std.dev: 0.014Std.dev in random network: 0.045

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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#4

RankAgentValueUnscaled
170.0700.003
2160.0690.003
3170.0680.003
420.0660.003
5120.0660.003
6180.0660.003
7210.0660.003
810.0650.003
940.0650.003
1080.0650.003

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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#4 (size: 21, density: 0.0857143)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1120.04316.500-0.399
220.03714.000-0.447
3210.03513.333-0.459
440.02910.833-0.506
5190.0218.000-0.559
610.0197.333-0.572
7150.0083.000-0.654
850.0052.000-0.672

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

Mean: 0.009Mean in random network: 0.099
Std.dev: 0.014Std.dev in random network: 0.140

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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#4

RankAgentValue
110.870
240.853
3120.478
4210.395
580.252
6180.182
720.181
8150.000
9190.000
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#4

RankAgentValue
120.647
280.619
3120.596
4160.485
540.450
610.445
7180.296
8170.240
9210.185
1070.162

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Information centrality

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

Input network(s): ACTOR#4

RankAgentValueUnscaled
110.1302.083
240.1272.043
3120.1061.709
4150.0941.506
5210.0921.482
620.0861.373
7190.0801.288
880.0721.163
990.0631.009
1050.0560.892

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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#4

RankAgentValue
114.000
223.000
343.000
4192.000
551.000
671.000
781.000
891.000
9121.000
10141.000

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Simmelian ties

The normalized number of Simmelian ties of each node.

Input network(s): ACTOR#4

RankAgentValueUnscaled
110.1503.000
240.1503.000
380.1002.000
4120.1002.000

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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#4

RankAgentValue
171.000
281.000
391.000
4161.000
550.500
6120.500
7180.500
8140.333
910.300
10190.250

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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
1121112711
2244411644
32112219417122
442112282212
519881212121519
6121681418198
71518211419212121
851918155155
93157574815
106517916899