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Exploratory Social Network Analysis with Pajek

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ISBN-10: 0521174805

ISBN-13: 9780521174800

Edition: 2nd 2011 (Revised)

Authors: Wouter de Nooy, Andrej Mrvar, Vladimir Batagelj

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List price: $84.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/30/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 442
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.02" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Wouter de Nooy is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Science at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He is a member of the Amsterdam School of Communication Research and the Netherlands School of Communication Research. He has published in Poetics, Social Networks and Structure and Dynamics, among others.

Andrej Mrvar is Associate Professor of Social Science Informatics at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. He won several awards for graph drawings at competitions between 1995 and 2005. He has edited Metodoloski zvezki - Advances in Methodology and Statistics since 2000.

Figures
Tables
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Fundamentals
Looking for Social Structure
Introduction
Sociometry and Sociogram
Exploratory Social Network Analysi
Network Definition
Manipulation
Calculation
Visualization
Assembling a Social Network
Summary
Questions
Assignment
Further Reading
Answers
Attributes and Relations
Introduction
Example: The World System
Partitions
Reduction of a Network
Local View
Global View
Contextual View
Vectors and Coordinates
Network Analysis and Statistics
Summary
Questions
Assignment
Further Reading
Answers
Cohesion
Cohesive Subgroups
Introduction
Example
Density and Degree
Components
Cores
Cliques and Complete Subnetworks
Summary
Questions
Assignment
Further Reading
Answers
Sentiments and Friendship
Introduction
Balance Theory
Example
Detecting Structural Balance and Clusterability
Development in Time
Summary
Questions
Assignment
Further Reading
Answers
Affiliations
Introduction
Example
Two-Mode and One-Mode Networks
Islands
The Third Dimension
Summary
Questions
Assignment
Further Reading
Answers
Brokerage
Center and Periphery
Introduction
Example
Distance
Betweenness
Eigenvector Centrality
Summary
Questions
Assignment
Further Reading
Answers
Brokers and Bridges
Introduction
Example
Bridges and Bi-Components
Ego-Networks and Constraint
Affiliations and Brokerage Roles
Summary
Questions
Assignment
Further Reading
Answers
Diffusion
Example
Contagion
Exposure and Thresholds
Critical Mass
Summary
Questions
Assignment
Further Reading
Answers
Ranking
Prestige
Introduction
Example
Popularity and Indegree
Correlation
Domains
Proximity Prestige
Summary
Questions
Assignment
Further Reading
Answers
Ranking
Introduction
Example
Triadic Analysis
Acyclic Networks
Symmetric-Acyclic Decomposition
Summary
Questions
Assignment
Further Reading
Answers
Genealogies and Citations
Introduction
Example I: Genealogy of the Ragusan Nobility
Family Trees
Social Research on Genealogies
Example II: Citations Among Papers on Network Centrality
Citations
Summary
Questions
Assignment 1
Assignment 2
Further Reading
Answers
Roles
Blockmodels
Introduction
Matrices and Permutation
Roles and Positions: Equivalence
Blockmodeling
Blockmodel
Blockmodeling
Regular Equivalence
Summary
Questions
Assignment
Further Reading
Answers
Random Graph Models
Introduction
Example
Modeling Overall Network Structure
Classic Uniform Models
Small-World Models
Preferential Attachment Models
Monte Carlo Simulation
Summary
Questions
Assignment
Further Reading
Answers
Getting Started with Pajek
Installation
Network Data Formats
Creating Network Files for Pajek
Within Pajek
Helper Software
Word Processor
Relational Database
Limitations
Updates of Pajek
Exporting Visualizations
Export Formats
Bitmap
Encapsulated PostScript
Scalable Vector Graphics
Virtual Reality Modeling Language and X3D
MDL MOL and Kinemages
Layout Options
Top Frame on the Left - EPS/SVG Vertex Default
Bottom Frame on the Left - EPS/SVG Line Default
Top Frame on the Right
Middle Frame on the Right
Bottom Frame on the Right - EPS Border
Shortcut Key Combinations
Main Screen
Hierarchy Edit Screen
Draw Screen
Glossary
Index of Pajek and R Commands
Subject Index