STANDARD NETWORK ANALYSIS REPORT

STANDARD NETWORK ANALYSIS REPORT

Input data: literature_1976

Start time: Mon Oct 17 14:34:01 2011

Data Description

Calculates common social network measures on each selected input network.

Network test

Network Level Measures

MeasureValue
Row count34.000
Column count34.000
Link count80.000
Density0.071
Components of 1 node (isolates)0
Components of 2 nodes (dyadic isolates)0
Components of 3 or more nodes1
Reciprocity0.013
Characteristic path length2.044
Clustering coefficient0.065
Network levels (diameter)5.000
Network fragmentation0.000
Krackhardt connectedness1.000
Krackhardt efficiency0.913
Krackhardt hierarchy0.995
Krackhardt upperboundedness0.551
Degree centralization0.117
Betweenness centralization0.034
Closeness centralization0.032
Eigenvector centralization0.365
Reciprocal (symmetric)?No (1% of the links are reciprocal)

Node Level Measures

MeasureMinMaxAvgStddev
Total degree centrality0.0150.1820.0710.045
Total degree centrality [Unscaled]1.00012.0004.7062.976
In-degree centrality0.0000.2420.0710.079
In-degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0008.0002.3532.600
Out-degree centrality0.0000.3030.0710.083
Out-degree centrality [Unscaled]0.00010.0002.3532.732
Eigenvector centrality0.0030.5350.1920.149
Eigenvector centrality [Unscaled]0.0020.3780.1350.105
Eigenvector centrality per component0.0020.3780.1350.105
Closeness centrality0.0290.0520.0370.007
Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0010.0020.0010.000
In-Closeness centrality0.0290.0700.0390.014
In-Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0010.0020.0010.000
Betweenness centrality0.0000.0390.0060.012
Betweenness centrality [Unscaled]0.00041.5006.29412.347
Hub centrality0.0000.7180.1430.196
Authority centrality0.0000.5900.1480.192
Information centrality0.0000.0730.0290.025
Information centrality [Unscaled]0.0002.7421.1000.941
Clique membership count0.00013.0002.0593.067
Simmelian ties0.0000.0000.0000.000
Simmelian ties [Unscaled]0.0000.0000.0000.000
Clustering coefficient0.0000.5000.0650.104

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: test (size: 34, density: 0.0713012)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1Hotz0.18212.0002.504
2Ayelt0.15210.0001.818
3Luijters0.15210.0001.818
4Arie0.1369.0001.474
5Maarten0.1218.0001.131
6B.0.1218.0001.131
7Kooiman0.1218.0001.131
8Hart0.1067.0000.788
9Dirk0.1067.0000.788
10Lidy0.1067.0000.788

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

Mean: 0.071Mean in random network: 0.071
Std.dev: 0.045Std.dev in random network: 0.044

Back to top

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): test

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1Arie0.2428.000
2Hotz0.2428.000
3Hart0.2127.000
4B.0.2127.000
5Hiddema0.1826.000
6Kooiman0.1826.000
7De0.1525.000
8Andriesse0.1214.000
9Biesheuvel0.1214.000
10Maarten0.1214.000

Back to top

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): test

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1Ayelt0.30310.000
2Luijters0.30310.000
3Dirk0.2127.000
4Lidy0.2127.000
5Marissing0.1525.000
6Maarten0.1214.000
7Hotz0.1214.000
8Meijsing0.1214.000
9Heeresma0.0913.000
10Heere0.0913.000

Back to top

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: test (size: 34, density: 0.0713012)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1Hotz0.5350.3780.657
2Luijters0.4370.3090.314
3Ayelt0.4290.3030.285
4Arie0.4060.2870.204
5Maarten0.3840.2710.125
6Kooiman0.3830.2700.121
7Marissing0.3220.228-0.091
8Hiddema0.3200.226-0.099
9Dirk0.3020.214-0.162
10Hart0.2960.210-0.182

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

Mean: 0.192Mean in random network: 0.348
Std.dev: 0.149Std.dev in random network: 0.284

Back to top

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): test

RankAgentValue
1Hotz0.378
2Luijters0.309
3Ayelt0.303
4Arie0.287
5Maarten0.271
6Kooiman0.270
7Marissing0.228
8Hiddema0.226
9Dirk0.214
10Hart0.210

Back to top

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: test (size: 34, density: 0.0713012)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1Luijters0.0520.002-4.219
2Ayelt0.0520.002-4.221
3Lidy0.0490.001-4.283
4Nicolaas0.0480.001-4.305
5Dirk0.0470.001-4.335
6Marissing0.0450.001-4.390
7Meinkema0.0440.001-4.409
8Meijsing0.0430.001-4.443
9Heere0.0430.001-4.446
10Van0.0430.001-4.446

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

Mean: 0.037Mean in random network: 0.229
Std.dev: 0.007Std.dev in random network: 0.042

Back to top

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): test

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1t0.0700.002
2B.0.0680.002
3Joyce0.0670.002
4Hiddema0.0640.002
5Kooiman0.0640.002
6Heeresma0.0600.002
7Biesheuvel0.0590.002
8De0.0470.001
9Maarten0.0450.001
10Arie0.0430.001

Back to top

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: test (size: 34, density: 0.0713012)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1Maarten0.03941.500-0.140
2Kooiman0.03638.000-0.158
3Heeresma0.03032.000-0.189
4Arie0.03031.500-0.192
5Hotz0.02627.500-0.212
6B.0.01920.000-0.251
7Biesheuvel0.00910.000-0.302
8Guus0.0099.000-0.307
9Co0.0033.000-0.338
10Peter0.0011.000-0.349

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

Mean: 0.006Mean in random network: 0.065
Std.dev: 0.012Std.dev in random network: 0.184

Back to top

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): test

RankAgentValue
1Ayelt0.718
2Luijters0.678
3Lidy0.447
4Dirk0.429
5Marissing0.411
6Meijsing0.315
7Hotz0.308
8Meinkema0.253
9Maarten0.222
10Nicolaas0.203

Back to top

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): test

RankAgentValue
1Hotz0.590
2Arie0.550
3Hart0.545
4Hiddema0.418
5Kooiman0.418
6B.0.410
7De0.389
8Andriesse0.364
9Maarten0.275
10Jong0.242

Back to top

Information centrality

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

Input network(s): test

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1Ayelt0.0732.742
2Luijters0.0732.742
3Dirk0.0662.477
4Lidy0.0662.458
5Marissing0.0582.184
6Maarten0.0562.083
7Hotz0.0542.026
8Meijsing0.0521.959
9Doeschka0.0461.735
10Heere0.0461.708

Back to top

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): test

RankAgentValue
1Hotz13.000
2Luijters8.000
3Maarten7.000
4Arie6.000
5Kooiman6.000
6Hiddema5.000
7Ayelt5.000
8De4.000
9Marissing4.000
10Dirk3.000

Back to top

Simmelian ties

The normalized number of Simmelian ties of each node.

Input network(s): test

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1All nodes have this value0.000

Back to top

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): test

RankAgentValue
1Van0.500
2Meijsing0.250
3De0.200
4Marissing0.200
5Hiddema0.167
6Maarten0.125
7Dirk0.119
8Hotz0.114
9Arie0.111
10Kooiman0.107

Back to top

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
1MaartenLuijtersHotzHotzArietAyeltHotz
2KooimanAyeltLuijtersLuijtersHotzB.LuijtersAyelt
3HeeresmaLidyAyeltAyeltHartJoyceDirkLuijters
4ArieNicolaasArieArieB.HiddemaLidyArie
5HotzDirkMaartenMaartenHiddemaKooimanMarissingMaarten
6B.MarissingKooimanKooimanKooimanHeeresmaMaartenB.
7BiesheuvelMeinkemaMarissingMarissingDeBiesheuvelHotzKooiman
8GuusMeijsingHiddemaHiddemaAndriesseDeMeijsingHart
9CoHeereDirkDirkBiesheuvelMaartenHeeresmaDirk
10PeterVanHartHartMaartenArieHeereLidy

Produced by ORA developed at CASOS - Carnegie Mellon University