Standard Network Analysis: ACTOR#6

Standard Network Analysis: ACTOR#6

Input data: ACTOR#6

Start time: Tue Oct 18 15:31:53 2011

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Network Level Measures

MeasureValue
Row count21.000
Column count21.000
Link count29.000
Density0.069
Components of 1 node (isolates)7
Components of 2 nodes (dyadic isolates)0
Components of 3 or more nodes2
Reciprocity0.450
Characteristic path length1.896
Clustering coefficient0.196
Network levels (diameter)4.000
Network fragmentation0.724
Krackhardt connectedness0.276
Krackhardt efficiency0.826
Krackhardt hierarchy0.600
Krackhardt upperboundedness0.935
Degree centralization0.200
Betweenness centralization0.060
Closeness centralization0.034
Eigenvector centralization0.529
Reciprocal (symmetric)?No (45% of the links are reciprocal)

Node Level Measures

MeasureMinMaxAvgStddev
Total degree centrality0.0000.2500.0690.074
Total degree centrality [Unscaled]0.00010.0002.7622.942
In-degree centrality0.0000.3000.0690.085
In-degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0006.0001.3811.704
Out-degree centrality0.0000.3000.0690.075
Out-degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0006.0001.3811.495
Eigenvector centrality0.0000.6750.1960.238
Eigenvector centrality [Unscaled]0.0000.4770.1390.169
Eigenvector centrality per component0.0000.2500.0840.083
Closeness centrality0.0480.0750.0590.011
Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0020.0040.0030.001
In-Closeness centrality0.0480.0850.0610.016
In-Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0020.0040.0030.001
Betweenness centrality0.0000.0650.0090.017
Betweenness centrality [Unscaled]0.00024.8333.2866.379
Hub centrality0.0000.8460.1840.248
Authority centrality0.0000.9140.1700.257
Information centrality0.0000.1150.0480.045
Information centrality [Unscaled]0.0000.3490.1440.136
Clique membership count0.0003.0000.6190.844
Simmelian ties0.0000.1000.0140.035
Simmelian ties [Unscaled]0.0002.0000.2860.700
Clustering coefficient0.0001.0000.1960.282

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#6 (size: 21, density: 0.0690476)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
160.25010.0003.271
220.2008.0002.367
3120.1506.0001.463
4170.1506.0001.463
5210.1506.0001.463
670.1255.0001.011
740.1004.0000.559
850.0753.0000.108
9190.0753.0000.108
1010.0502.000-0.344

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

Mean: 0.069Mean in random network: 0.069
Std.dev: 0.074Std.dev in random network: 0.055

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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#6

RankAgentValueUnscaled
120.3006.000
260.2004.000
370.1503.000
4120.1503.000
5170.1503.000
6210.1503.000
740.1002.000
850.1002.000
9190.1002.000
1090.0501.000

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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#6

RankAgentValueUnscaled
160.3006.000
2120.1503.000
3170.1503.000
4210.1503.000
510.1002.000
620.1002.000
740.1002.000
870.1002.000
9150.1002.000
1050.0501.000

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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#6 (size: 21, density: 0.0690476)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
160.6750.4771.229
220.6660.4711.201
3170.5700.4030.902
4210.4780.3380.618
5120.4570.3230.552
670.3580.2530.245
740.3000.2120.064
810.2810.1990.006
990.1690.119-0.342
10110.0900.063-0.588

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

Mean: 0.196Mean in random network: 0.279
Std.dev: 0.238Std.dev in random network: 0.322

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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#6

RankAgentValue
160.250
220.247
3170.211
4210.177
5120.169
670.133
740.111
810.104
950.082
10150.082

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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#6 (size: 21, density: 0.0690476)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
110.0750.004-3.146
280.0730.004-3.199
3110.0730.004-3.199
460.0710.004-3.267
5120.0700.004-3.291
6170.0700.004-3.299
7210.0700.004-3.299
840.0700.003-3.307
970.0700.003-3.307
1020.0690.003-3.331

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

Mean: 0.059Mean in random network: 0.172
Std.dev: 0.011Std.dev in random network: 0.031

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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#6

RankAgentValueUnscaled
190.0850.004
220.0820.004
360.0810.004
470.0810.004
5120.0810.004
6170.0810.004
7210.0810.004
840.0790.004
950.0530.003
10190.0530.003

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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#6 (size: 21, density: 0.0690476)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
160.06524.833-0.192
2120.04216.000-0.295
370.0249.000-0.377
420.0218.000-0.388
540.0197.333-0.396
6210.0083.000-0.446
7170.0020.833-0.472

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

Mean: 0.009Mean in random network: 0.109
Std.dev: 0.017Std.dev in random network: 0.226

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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#6

RankAgentValue
160.846
2210.561
3170.552
470.417
510.399
640.399
7120.327
820.233
9110.097
1080.030

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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#6

RankAgentValue
120.914
260.535
3170.499
4120.474
5210.470
670.339
790.244
840.103
950.000
10190.000

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Information centrality

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

Input network(s): ACTOR#6

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1150.1150.349
210.1090.330
3120.0990.300
440.0990.300
560.0930.283
680.0930.283
7110.0930.283
8170.0830.251
9210.0700.211
1070.0630.191

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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#6

RankAgentValue
163.000
222.000
3172.000
451.000
571.000
6121.000
7151.000
8191.000
9211.000

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Simmelian ties

The normalized number of Simmelian ties of each node.

Input network(s): ACTOR#6

RankAgentValueUnscaled
160.1002.000
2170.1002.000
3210.1002.000

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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#6

RankAgentValue
1151.000
2210.667
3170.583
450.500
5190.500
620.267
760.267
870.167
9120.167

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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
161662966
21282262122
37111717761712
42621211272117
541212121712121
6211777211727
717214442144
814115475
937951951519
1052111591951