Standard Network Analysis: agent x agent

Standard Network Analysis: agent x agent

Input data: agent x agent

Start time: Fri Oct 14 13:38:45 2011

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Network Level Measures

MeasureValue
Row count6.000
Column count6.000
Link count14.000
Density0.467
Components of 1 node (isolates)0
Components of 2 nodes (dyadic isolates)0
Components of 3 or more nodes1
Reciprocity0.167
Characteristic path length1.067
Clustering coefficient0.608
Network levels (diameter)2.000
Network fragmentation0.000
Krackhardt connectedness1.000
Krackhardt efficiency0.300
Krackhardt hierarchy0.750
Krackhardt upperboundedness1.000
Degree centralization0.350
Betweenness centralization0.050
Closeness centralization1.200
Eigenvector centralization0.139
Reciprocal (symmetric)?No (16% of the links are reciprocal)

Node Level Measures

MeasureMinMaxAvgStddev
Total degree centrality0.3000.7000.4670.170
Total degree centrality [Unscaled]3.0007.0004.6671.700
In-degree centrality0.2000.6000.4670.149
In-degree centrality [Unscaled]1.0003.0002.3330.745
Out-degree centrality0.0001.0000.4670.471
Out-degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0005.0002.3332.357
Eigenvector centrality0.4770.6620.5700.092
Eigenvector centrality [Unscaled]0.3380.4680.4030.065
Eigenvector centrality per component0.3380.4680.4030.065
Closeness centrality0.1671.0000.5560.393
Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0330.2000.1110.079
In-Closeness centrality0.2380.3330.2900.044
In-Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0480.0670.0580.009
Betweenness centrality0.0000.0500.0080.019
Betweenness centrality [Unscaled]0.0001.0000.1670.373
Hub centrality0.0000.8840.4070.409
Authority centrality0.2350.7040.5510.173
Information centrality0.0000.3500.1670.167
Information centrality [Unscaled]0.0005.0002.3812.393
Clique membership count1.0003.0002.0001.000
Simmelian ties0.0000.0000.0000.000
Simmelian ties [Unscaled]0.0000.0000.0000.000
Clustering coefficient0.3500.8330.6080.226

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: 6, density: 0.466667)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1A30.7007.0001.146
2A10.6006.0000.655
3A20.6006.0000.655
4A40.3003.000-0.818
5A50.3003.000-0.818
6A60.3003.000-0.818

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

Mean: 0.467Mean in random network: 0.467
Std.dev: 0.170Std.dev in random network: 0.204

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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
1A40.6003.000
2A50.6003.000
3A60.6003.000
4A20.4002.000
5A30.4002.000
6A10.2001.000

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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
1A11.0005.000
2A31.0005.000
3A20.8004.000

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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: 6, density: 0.466667)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1A10.6620.4680.297
2A20.6620.4680.297
3A30.6620.4680.297
4A40.4770.338-0.504
5A50.4770.338-0.504
6A60.4770.338-0.504

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

Mean: 0.570Mean in random network: 0.594
Std.dev: 0.092Std.dev in random network: 0.231

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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
1A10.468
2A20.468
3A30.468
4A40.338
5A50.338
6A60.338

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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: 6, density: 0.466667)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1A11.0000.2002.412
2A31.0000.2002.412
3A20.8330.1671.252
4A40.1670.033-3.391
5A50.1670.033-3.391
6A60.1670.033-3.391

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

Mean: 0.556Mean in random network: 0.654
Std.dev: 0.393Std.dev in random network: 0.144

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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
1A40.3330.067
2A50.3330.067
3A60.3330.067
4A20.2500.050
5A30.2500.050
6A10.2380.048

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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: 6, density: 0.466667)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1A30.0501.000-0.906

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

Mean: 0.008Mean in random network: 0.125
Std.dev: 0.019Std.dev in random network: 0.082

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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
1A10.884
2A30.817
3A20.743

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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
1A40.704
2A50.704
3A60.704
4A20.490
5A30.468
6A10.235

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Information centrality

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

Input network(s): agent x agent

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1A10.3505.000
2A30.3505.000
3A20.3004.286

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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
1A13.000
2A23.000
3A33.000
4A41.000
5A51.000
6A61.000

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Simmelian ties

The normalized number of Simmelian ties of each node.

Input network(s): agent x agent

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1All nodes have this value0.000

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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
1A40.833
2A50.833
3A60.833
4A10.400
5A20.400
6A30.350

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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
1A3A1A1A1A4A4A1A3
2A1A3A2A2A5A5A3A1
3A2A2A3A3A6A6A2A2
4A4A4A4A4A2A2A4A4
5A5A5A5A5A3A3A5A5
6A6A6A6A6A1A1A6A6