Exploratory social network analysis with Pajek

by Nooy, Wouter de

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Title Statements

Full title :Exploratory social network analysis with Pajek / Wouter de Nooy, Andrej Mrvar, Vladimir Batagelj.

Summary

"This is the first textbook on social network analysis integrating theory, applications, and professional software for performing network analysis (Pajek). Step by step, the book introduces the main structural concepts and their applications in social research with exercises to test the understanding. In each chapter, each theoretical section is followed by an application section explaining how to perform the network analyses with Pajek software. Pajek software and data sets for all examples are freely available, so the reader can learn network analysis by doing it. In addition, each chapter offers case studies for practicing network analysis. In the end, the reader has the knowledge, skills, and tools to apply social network analysis in all social sciences, ranging from anthropology and sociology to business administration and history"--Provided by publisher.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2011.
Edition:Rev. and expanded 2nd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:England
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

The Physical Object

Description:xxx, 420 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781107002388, 1107002389, 9780521174800, 0521174805
oclc:ocn720024458
LC Classification:HM741
Dewey Decimal:302.307

Part I. Fundamentals: 1. Looking for social structure; 2. Attributes and relations; Part II. Cohesion: 3. Cohesive subgroups; 4. Sentiments and friendship; 5. Affiliations; Part III. Brokerage: 6. Center and periphery; 7. Brokers and bridges; 8. Diffusion; Part IV. Ranking: 9. Prestige; 10. Ranking; 11. Genealogies and citations; Part V. Roles: 12. Blockmodels; 13. Eandom graph models; Appendix 1. Getting started with Pajek; Appendix 2. Exporting visualizations; Appendix 3. Shortcut key combinations.

Subjects

Computersimulation Netzwerkanalyse Pajek Pajek (Electronic resource) Réseaux sociaux -- Modèles mathématiques Réseaux sociaux -- Simulation par ordin… Social networks -- Computer simulation Social networks -- Mathematical models Social science research