STANDARD NETWORK ANALYSIS REPORT

STANDARD NETWORK ANALYSIS REPORT

Input data: taro

Start time: Tue Oct 18 11:59:02 2011

Data Description

Calculates common social network measures on each selected input network.

Network

Network Level Measures

MeasureValue
Row count22.000
Column count22.000
Link count39.000
Density0.169
Components of 1 node (isolates)0
Components of 2 nodes (dyadic isolates)0
Components of 3 or more nodes1
Reciprocity1.000
Characteristic path length2.494
Clustering coefficient0.339
Network levels (diameter)5.000
Network fragmentation0.000
Krackhardt connectedness1.000
Krackhardt efficiency0.914
Krackhardt hierarchy0.000
Krackhardt upperboundedness1.000
Degree centralization0.129
Betweenness centralization0.153
Closeness centralization0.156
Eigenvector centralization0.200
Reciprocal (symmetric)?Yes

Node Level Measures

MeasureMinMaxAvgStddev
Total degree centrality0.1430.2860.1690.045
Total degree centrality [Unscaled]3.0006.0003.5450.940
In-degree centrality0.1430.2860.1690.045
In-degree centrality [Unscaled]3.0006.0003.5450.940
Out-degree centrality0.1430.2860.1690.045
Out-degree centrality [Unscaled]3.0006.0003.5450.940
Eigenvector centrality0.1490.4720.2900.082
Eigenvector centrality [Unscaled]0.1050.3340.2050.058
Eigenvector centrality per component0.1050.3340.2050.058
Closeness centrality0.3390.4770.4050.038
Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0160.0230.0190.002
In-Closeness centrality0.3390.4770.4050.038
In-Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0160.0230.0190.002
Betweenness centrality0.0020.2210.0750.062
Betweenness centrality [Unscaled]0.50046.38315.68213.108
Hub centrality0.1490.4720.2900.082
Authority centrality0.1490.4720.2900.082
Information centrality0.0390.0560.0450.005
Information centrality [Unscaled]1.0301.4771.1980.141
Clique membership count0.0003.0001.3640.710
Simmelian ties0.0000.2380.1130.051
Simmelian ties [Unscaled]0.0005.0002.3641.068
Clustering coefficient0.0000.6670.3390.207

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: agent x agent (size: 22, density: 0.168831)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1170.2866.0001.463
250.2385.0000.867
370.2385.0000.867
4110.2385.0000.867
5120.2385.0000.867
640.1904.0000.271
710.1433.000-0.325
820.1433.000-0.325
930.1433.000-0.325
1060.1433.000-0.325

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

Mean: 0.169Mean in random network: 0.169
Std.dev: 0.045Std.dev in random network: 0.080

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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): agent x agent

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1170.2866.000
250.2385.000
370.2385.000
4110.2385.000
5120.2385.000
640.1904.000
710.1433.000
820.1433.000
930.1433.000
1060.1433.000

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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): agent x agent

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1170.2866.000
250.2385.000
370.2385.000
4110.2385.000
5120.2385.000
640.1904.000
710.1433.000
820.1433.000
930.1433.000
1060.1433.000

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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: agent x agent (size: 22, density: 0.168831)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1170.4720.3340.075
250.4240.300-0.083
370.3830.271-0.222
440.3810.269-0.228
5110.3700.261-0.266
6120.3220.228-0.424
760.3170.224-0.442
810.3170.224-0.442
930.3050.216-0.480
10180.2980.210-0.505

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

Mean: 0.290Mean in random network: 0.449
Std.dev: 0.082Std.dev in random network: 0.300

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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): agent x agent

RankAgentValue
1170.334
250.300
370.271
440.269
5110.261
6120.228
760.224
810.224
930.216
10180.210

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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: agent x agent (size: 22, density: 0.168831)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1110.4770.0231.456
270.4670.0221.273
3170.4470.0210.931
4190.4470.0210.931
5120.4380.0210.770
6160.4380.0210.770
740.4290.0200.617
8180.4290.0200.617
9220.4120.0200.327
1050.4040.0190.191

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

Mean: 0.405Mean in random network: 0.393
Std.dev: 0.038Std.dev in random network: 0.058

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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): agent x agent

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1110.4770.023
270.4670.022
3170.4470.021
4190.4470.021
5120.4380.021
6160.4380.021
740.4290.020
8180.4290.020
9220.4120.020
1050.4040.019

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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: agent x agent (size: 22, density: 0.168831)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1110.22146.3832.957
270.19741.4502.486
3170.18238.1832.174
4120.16334.1331.787
550.11223.6000.781
6160.11223.5500.776
7190.08317.5330.201
840.07315.4330.001
9180.07315.350-0.007
1080.07215.167-0.025

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

Mean: 0.075Mean in random network: 0.073
Std.dev: 0.062Std.dev in random network: 0.050

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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): agent x agent

RankAgentValue
1170.472
250.424
370.383
440.381
5110.370
6120.322
760.317
810.317
930.305
10180.298

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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): agent x agent

RankAgentValue
1170.472
250.424
370.383
440.381
5110.370
6120.322
760.317
810.317
930.305
10180.298

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Information centrality

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

Input network(s): agent x agent

RankAgentValueUnscaled
170.0561.477
2110.0551.460
3170.0551.454
450.0521.376
5120.0521.366
640.0491.297
7160.0471.231
8190.0471.225
9180.0451.193
10220.0441.160

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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): agent x agent

RankAgentValue
1173.000
222.000
342.000
452.000
562.000
6122.000
7142.000
8202.000
9212.000
1011.000

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Simmelian ties

The normalized number of Simmelian ties of each node.

Input network(s): agent x agent

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1170.2385.000
250.1904.000
320.1433.000
440.1433.000
560.1433.000
6120.1433.000
7140.1433.000
8200.1433.000
9210.1433.000
1010.0952.000

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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): agent x agent

RankAgentValue
120.667
260.667
3140.667
4200.667
5210.667
610.333
730.333
840.333
980.333
1090.333

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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
11111171717111717
277555755
317177771777
412194411191111
5512111112121212
61616121241644
7194661411
84181121822
918223332233
108518186566

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