Showing papers by "Linton C. Freeman published in 2011"
01 Jan 2011
TL;DR: Social network analysis as mentioned in this paper is an approach that involves four defining properties: (1) it involves the intuition that links among social actors are important, (2) it is based on the collection and analysis of data that record social relations that link actors, (3) it draws heavily on graphic imagery to reveal and display the patterning of those links, and (4) it develops mathematical and computational models to describe and explain those patterns.
Abstract: In a recent book I reviewed the development of social network analysis from its earliest beginnings until the late 1990s (Freeman, 2004). There I characterized social network analysis as an approach that involves four defining properties: (1) It involves the intuition that links among social actors are important. (2) It is based on the collection and analysis of data that record social relations that link actors. (3) It draws heavily on graphic imagery to reveal and display the patterning of those links. And (4) it develops mathematical and computational models to describe and explain those patterns.
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TL;DR: The modularity index is reviewed and an alternative index of the quality of a division of a network into subsets is suggested.
Abstract: This paper reviews the modularity index and suggests an alternative index of the quality of a division of a network into subsets.
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