Social Network Analysis: An Introduction with an Extensive Implementation to a Large-Scale Online Network Using Pajek

Author(s): Seifedine Kadry and Mohammed Z. Al-Taie

DOI: 10.2174/9781608058181114010008

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Abstract

SHS investigation development is considered from the geographical and historical viewpoint. 3 stages are described. Within Stage 1 the work was carried out in the Department of the Institute of Chemical Physics in Chernogolovka where the scientific discovery had been made. At Stage 2 the interest to SHS arose in different cities and towns of the former USSR. Within Stage 3 SHS entered the international scene. Now SHS processes and products are being studied in more than 50 countries.

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In this chapter we will summarize the main concepts that have been addressed throughout this book such as what is SNA, the different types of networks, properties of networks, concepts of graph theory, SNA modeling tools, uses of SNA and other topics with extreme brief. Then we will summarize our main findings that provide answers to questions such as who are the top ten users in the Book Crossing community and what are the top ten popular books and so on.

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Top ten users, top ten popular books, top ten unpopular books, transitivity, measuring tests, information retrieval, epidemiology, descriptive SNA applications, NodeXL, Gephi, StOCENT, UCINET, network navigation, community structure, clustering, transitivity.

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