Standard Network Analysis: WOLFN

Standard Network Analysis: WOLFN

Input data: WOLFN

Start time: Tue Oct 18 12:13:51 2011

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Network Level Measures

MeasureValue
Row count20.000
Column count20.000
Link count181.000
Density0.953
Components of 1 node (isolates)0
Components of 2 nodes (dyadic isolates)0
Components of 3 or more nodes1
Reciprocity1.000
Characteristic path length2.737
Clustering coefficient0.957
Network levels (diameter)7.000
Network fragmentation0.000
Krackhardt connectedness1.000
Krackhardt efficiency0.053
Krackhardt hierarchy0.000
Krackhardt upperboundedness1.000
Degree centralization0.303
Betweenness centralization0.284
Closeness centralization0.368
Eigenvector centralization0.334
Reciprocal (symmetric)?Yes

Node Level Measures

MeasureMinMaxAvgStddev
Total degree centrality0.1180.5020.2290.090
Total degree centrality [Unscaled]38.000162.00073.90028.910
In-degree centrality0.1180.5020.2290.090
In-degree centrality [Unscaled]38.000162.00073.90028.910
Out-degree centrality0.1180.5020.2290.090
Out-degree centrality [Unscaled]38.000162.00073.90028.910
Eigenvector centrality0.1510.5970.2970.109
Eigenvector centrality [Unscaled]0.1070.4220.2100.077
Eigenvector centrality per component0.1070.4220.2100.077
Closeness centrality0.1810.5590.3890.086
Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0100.0290.0200.005
In-Closeness centrality0.1810.5590.3890.086
In-Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0100.0290.0200.005
Betweenness centrality0.0000.3150.0460.078
Betweenness centrality [Unscaled]0.00053.9027.80013.256
Hub centrality0.1510.5970.2970.109
Authority centrality0.1510.5970.2970.109
Information centrality0.0360.0690.0500.009
Information centrality [Unscaled]26.02250.12536.1566.288
Clique membership count2.00010.0007.5002.872
Simmelian ties0.8421.0000.9530.060
Simmelian ties [Unscaled]16.00019.00018.1001.136
Clustering coefficient0.9470.9920.9570.014

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: WOLFN (size: 20, density: 0.952632)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
130.502162.000-9.497
2120.350113.000-12.690
3130.30799.000-13.603
470.28893.000-13.994
5150.28291.000-14.124
6140.26084.000-14.580
7170.25482.000-14.711
8110.24579.000-14.906
910.23576.000-15.102
1050.23275.000-15.167

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

Mean: 0.229Mean in random network: 0.953
Std.dev: 0.090Std.dev in random network: 0.047

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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): WOLFN

RankAgentValueUnscaled
130.502162.000
2120.350113.000
3130.30799.000
470.28893.000
5150.28291.000
6140.26084.000
7170.25482.000
8110.24579.000
910.23576.000
1050.23275.000

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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): WOLFN

RankAgentValueUnscaled
130.502162.000
2120.350113.000
3130.30799.000
470.28893.000
5150.28291.000
6140.26084.000
7170.25482.000
8110.24579.000
910.23576.000
1050.23275.000

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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: WOLFN (size: 20, density: 0.952632)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
130.5970.422-1.538
2120.4600.326-2.153
3130.3860.273-2.487
4150.3790.268-2.518
570.3690.261-2.563
6140.3480.246-2.658
7110.3350.237-2.718
8170.3240.229-2.765
910.3140.222-2.812
1050.2980.211-2.884

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

Mean: 0.297Mean in random network: 0.939
Std.dev: 0.109Std.dev in random network: 0.222

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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): WOLFN

RankAgentValue
130.422
2120.326
3130.273
4150.268
570.261
6140.246
7110.237
8170.229
910.222
1050.211

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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: WOLFN (size: 20, density: 0.952632)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1180.5590.029-9.610
2200.5140.027-11.136
3160.4870.026-12.023
420.4750.025-12.433
560.4420.023-13.549
680.4420.023-13.549
710.4220.022-14.211
8140.4130.022-14.520
950.4040.021-14.816
10190.4040.021-14.816

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

Mean: 0.389Mean in random network: 0.844
Std.dev: 0.086Std.dev in random network: 0.030

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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): WOLFN

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1180.5590.029
2200.5140.027
3160.4870.026
420.4750.025
560.4420.023
680.4420.023
710.4220.022
8140.4130.022
950.4040.021
10190.4040.021

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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: WOLFN (size: 20, density: 0.952632)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1180.31553.90211.552
2200.16628.3176.319
320.11219.2364.462
480.10017.1174.029
5160.09215.6713.733
660.0437.3622.034
790.0325.4171.636
8190.0305.1051.572
9140.0122.1190.962
10100.0040.7500.682

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

Mean: 0.046Mean in random network: -0.015
Std.dev: 0.078Std.dev in random network: 0.029

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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): WOLFN

RankAgentValue
130.597
2120.460
3130.386
4150.379
570.369
6140.348
7110.335
8170.324
910.314
1050.298

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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): WOLFN

RankAgentValue
130.597
2120.460
3130.386
4150.379
570.369
6140.348
7110.335
8170.324
910.314
1050.298

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Information centrality

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

Input network(s): WOLFN

RankAgentValueUnscaled
130.06950.125
2120.06244.570
3130.05942.380
470.05741.442
5150.05740.881
6140.05539.638
7170.05439.347
8110.05338.593
910.05237.776
1050.05237.768

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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): WOLFN

RankAgentValue
1210.000
2310.000
3510.000
4710.000
5910.000
61110.000
71210.000
81310.000
91410.000
101510.000

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Simmelian ties

The normalized number of Simmelian ties of each node.

Input network(s): WOLFN

RankAgentValueUnscaled
121.00019.000
231.00019.000
351.00019.000
471.00019.000
591.00019.000
6111.00019.000
7121.00019.000
8131.00019.000
9141.00019.000
10151.00019.000

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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): WOLFN

RankAgentValue
1160.992
240.983
3200.978
480.975
560.963
6190.963
7100.961
810.954
9180.954
1020.947

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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
118183331833
22020121212201212
3216131313161313
48215157277
5166771561515
66814141481414
79111111711717
81914171711141111
9145111511
1010195551955