Standard Network Analysis: agent x agent

Standard Network Analysis: agent x agent

Input data: agent x agent

Start time: Thu Nov 17 13:52:54 2011

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Network Level Measures

MeasureValue
Row count5.000
Column count5.000
Link count6.000
Density0.300
Components of 1 node (isolates)0
Components of 2 nodes (dyadic isolates)0
Components of 3 or more nodes1
Reciprocity0.000
Characteristic path length1.143
Clustering coefficient0.300
Network levels (diameter)2.000
Network fragmentation0.000
Krackhardt connectedness1.000
Krackhardt efficiency0.667
Krackhardt hierarchy1.000
Krackhardt upperboundedness0.500
Degree centralization0.333
Betweenness centralization0.083
Closeness centralization0.141
Eigenvector centralization0.361
Reciprocal (symmetric)?No (0% of the links are reciprocal)

Node Level Measures

MeasureMinMaxAvgStddev
Total degree centrality0.1250.5000.3000.127
Total degree centrality [Unscaled]1.0004.0002.4001.020
In-degree centrality0.0000.7500.3000.367
In-degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0003.0001.2001.470
Out-degree centrality0.0000.5000.3000.187
Out-degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0002.0001.2000.748
Eigenvector centrality0.3070.8240.6070.177
Eigenvector centrality [Unscaled]0.2170.5830.4290.125
Eigenvector centrality per component0.2170.5830.4290.125
Closeness centrality0.2000.3330.2850.052
Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0500.0830.0710.013
In-Closeness centrality0.2000.8000.3800.240
In-Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0500.2000.0950.060
Betweenness centrality0.0000.0830.0170.033
Betweenness centrality [Unscaled]0.0001.0000.2000.400
Hub centrality0.0000.8940.5370.335
Authority centrality0.0001.0000.4000.490
Information centrality0.0000.2740.2000.103
Information centrality [Unscaled]0.0001.3330.9730.502
Clique membership count0.0002.0001.2000.748
Simmelian ties0.0000.0000.0000.000
Simmelian ties [Unscaled]0.0000.0000.0000.000
Clustering coefficient0.0000.5000.3000.194

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: 5, density: 0.3)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1col_jack_o'neill0.5004.0000.976
2gen_hammond0.3753.0000.366
3daniel_jackson0.2502.000-0.244
4teal'c0.2502.000-0.244
5maj_samantha_carter0.1251.000-0.854

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

Mean: 0.300Mean in random network: 0.300
Std.dev: 0.127Std.dev in random network: 0.205

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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
1col_jack_o'neill0.7503.000
2gen_hammond0.7503.000

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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
1daniel_jackson0.5002.000
2teal'c0.5002.000
3col_jack_o'neill0.2501.000
4maj_samantha_carter0.2501.000

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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: 5, density: 0.3)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1col_jack_o'neill0.8240.5831.241
2gen_hammond0.7410.5240.948
3daniel_jackson0.5830.4120.391
4teal'c0.5830.4120.391
5maj_samantha_carter0.3070.217-0.580

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

Mean: 0.607Mean in random network: 0.471
Std.dev: 0.177Std.dev in random network: 0.284

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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
1col_jack_o'neill0.583
2gen_hammond0.524
3daniel_jackson0.412
4teal'c0.412
5maj_samantha_carter0.217

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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: 5, density: 0.3)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1daniel_jackson0.3330.083-1.110
2teal'c0.3330.083-1.110
3maj_samantha_carter0.3080.077-1.221
4col_jack_o'neill0.2500.063-1.472
5gen_hammond0.2000.050-1.690

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

Mean: 0.285Mean in random network: 0.588
Std.dev: 0.052Std.dev in random network: 0.230

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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
1gen_hammond0.8000.200
2col_jack_o'neill0.5000.125
3maj_samantha_carter0.2000.050
4daniel_jackson0.2000.050
5teal'c0.2000.050

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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: 5, density: 0.3)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1col_jack_o'neill0.0831.000-1.185

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

Mean: 0.017Mean in random network: 0.226
Std.dev: 0.033Std.dev in random network: 0.120

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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
1daniel_jackson0.894
2teal'c0.894
3col_jack_o'neill0.447
4maj_samantha_carter0.447

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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
1col_jack_o'neill1.000
2gen_hammond1.000

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Information centrality

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

Input network(s): agent x agent

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1daniel_jackson0.2741.333
2teal'c0.2741.333
3col_jack_o'neill0.2471.200
4maj_samantha_carter0.2051.000

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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
1col_jack_o'neill2.000
2gen_hammond2.000
3daniel_jackson1.000
4teal'c1.000

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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
1daniel_jackson0.500
2teal'c0.500
3gen_hammond0.333
4col_jack_o'neill0.167

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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
1col_jack_o'neilldaniel_jacksoncol_jack_o'neillcol_jack_o'neillcol_jack_o'neillgen_hammonddaniel_jacksoncol_jack_o'neill
2maj_samantha_carterteal'cgen_hammondgen_hammondgen_hammondcol_jack_o'neillteal'cgen_hammond
3daniel_jacksonmaj_samantha_carterdaniel_jacksondaniel_jacksonmaj_samantha_cartermaj_samantha_cartercol_jack_o'neilldaniel_jackson
4teal'ccol_jack_o'neillteal'cteal'cdaniel_jacksondaniel_jacksonmaj_samantha_carterteal'c
5gen_hammondgen_hammondmaj_samantha_cartermaj_samantha_carterteal'cteal'cgen_hammondmaj_samantha_carter