Standard Network Analysis: agent---agent

Standard Network Analysis: agent---agent

Input data: agent---agent

Start time: Tue Oct 18 12:07:14 2011

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Network Level Measures

MeasureValue
Row count47.000
Column count47.000
Link count11.000
Density0.005
Components of 1 node (isolates)35
Components of 2 nodes (dyadic isolates)2
Components of 3 or more nodes1
Reciprocity0.000
Characteristic path length1.750
Clustering coefficient0.027
Network levels (diameter)4.000
Network fragmentation0.972
Krackhardt connectedness0.028
Krackhardt efficiency0.905
Krackhardt hierarchy1.000
Krackhardt upperboundedness0.714
Degree centralization0.021
Betweenness centralization0.002
Closeness centralization0.002
Eigenvector centralization0.984
Reciprocal (symmetric)?No (0% of the links are reciprocal)

Node Level Measures

MeasureMinMaxAvgStddev
Total degree centrality0.0000.0220.0020.004
Total degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0008.0000.6171.510
In-degree centrality0.0000.0270.0020.005
In-degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0005.0000.3190.878
Out-degree centrality0.0000.0370.0020.006
Out-degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0007.0000.3191.094
Eigenvector centrality0.0001.0030.0610.197
Eigenvector centrality [Unscaled]0.0000.7090.0430.139
Eigenvector centrality per component0.0000.1210.0100.024
Closeness centrality0.0050.0060.0050.000
Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0000.0000.0000.000
In-Closeness centrality0.0050.0060.0050.000
In-Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0000.0000.0000.000
Betweenness centrality0.0000.0020.0000.000
Betweenness centrality [Unscaled]0.0004.0000.2340.904
Hub centrality0.0001.3800.0390.203
Authority centrality0.0001.3010.0480.201
Information centrality0.0000.3710.0210.063
Information centrality [Unscaled]0.0004.9780.2850.844
Clique membership count0.0001.0000.0640.244
Simmelian ties0.0000.0000.0000.000
Simmelian ties [Unscaled]0.0000.0000.0000.000
Clustering coefficient0.0000.5000.0270.091

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---agent (size: 47, density: 0.00497963)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1yasser_arafat0.0228.0001.610
2mahmoud_abbas0.0166.0001.086
3georg_bush0.0052.0000.039
4muhammad_horani0.0052.0000.039
5muhammad_faraj0.0052.0000.039
6samer_ufi0.0052.0000.039
7aziz_al-rantisi0.0052.0000.039
8marwan_barghouti0.0031.000-0.223
9muhammad_dahlan0.0031.000-0.223
10michael_chandler0.0031.000-0.223

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

Mean: 0.002Mean in random network: 0.005
Std.dev: 0.004Std.dev in random network: 0.010

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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---agent

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1mahmoud_abbas0.0275.000
2yasser_arafat0.0112.000
3georg_bush0.0112.000
4samer_ufi0.0112.000
5marwan_barghouti0.0051.000
6muhammad_dahlan0.0051.000
7colin_powel0.0051.000
8aziz_al-rantisi0.0051.000

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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---agent

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1yasser_arafat0.0377.000
2muhammad_horani0.0112.000
3muhammad_faraj0.0112.000
4michael_chandler0.0051.000
5saddam_hussein0.0051.000
6aziz_al-rantisi0.0051.000
7mahmoud_abbas0.0051.000

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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---agent (size: 47, density: 0.00497963)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1yasser_arafat1.0030.7093.813
2mahmoud_abbas0.8690.6143.246
3aziz_al-rantisi0.3590.2541.087
4georg_bush0.1990.1410.413
5muhammad_horani0.1990.1410.413
6muhammad_dahlan0.1660.1180.274
7marwan_barghouti0.0380.027-0.269
8saddam_hussein0.0380.027-0.269
9muhammad_faraj0.0000.000-0.430
10samer_ufi0.0000.000-0.430

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

Mean: 0.061Mean in random network: 0.102
Std.dev: 0.197Std.dev in random network: 0.236

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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---agent

RankAgentValue
1yasser_arafat0.121
2mahmoud_abbas0.105
3aziz_al-rantisi0.043
4michael_chandler0.030
5muhammad_faraj0.030
6samer_ufi0.030
7colin_powel0.030
8georg_bush0.024
9muhammad_horani0.024
10muhammad_dahlan0.020

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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---agent (size: 47, density: 0.00497963)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1muhammad_horani0.0060.00012.161
2yasser_arafat0.0060.00012.053
3aziz_al-rantisi0.0060.00011.954
4michael_chandler0.0050.00011.908
5saddam_hussein0.0050.00011.908
6mahmoud_abbas0.0050.00011.908
7muhammad_faraj0.0050.00011.907
8marwan_barghouti0.0050.00011.863
9muhammad_sidr0.0050.00011.863
10bernard_sabella0.0050.00011.863

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

Mean: 0.005Mean in random network: -0.026
Std.dev: 0.000Std.dev in random network: 0.003

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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---agent

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1muhammad_dahlan0.0060.000
2georg_bush0.0060.000
3mahmoud_abbas0.0060.000
4aziz_al-rantisi0.0060.000
5marwan_barghouti0.0050.000
6yasser_arafat0.0050.000
7colin_powel0.0050.000
8samer_ufi0.0050.000
9muhammad_sidr0.0050.000
10bernard_sabella0.0050.000

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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---agent (size: 47, density: 0.00497963)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1yasser_arafat0.0024.000-0.572
2aziz_al-rantisi0.0024.000-0.572
3mahmoud_abbas0.0013.000-0.575

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

Mean: 0.000Mean in random network: 0.101
Std.dev: 0.000Std.dev in random network: 0.173

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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---agent

RankAgentValue
1yasser_arafat1.380
2aziz_al-rantisi0.291
3muhammad_horani0.077
4saddam_hussein0.073
5muhammad_faraj0.000
6michael_chandler0.000
7mahmoud_abbas0.000

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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---agent

RankAgentValue
1mahmoud_abbas1.301
2yasser_arafat0.326
3georg_bush0.325
4aziz_al-rantisi0.309
5marwan_barghouti0.017
6samer_ufi0.000
7muhammad_dahlan0.000
8colin_powel0.000

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Information centrality

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

Input network(s): agent---agent

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1yasser_arafat0.3714.978
2muhammad_horani0.1421.907
3muhammad_faraj0.1351.806
4mahmoud_abbas0.1031.385
5aziz_al-rantisi0.0941.254
6michael_chandler0.0771.036
7saddam_hussein0.0771.036

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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---agent

RankAgentValue
1yasser_arafat1.000
2aziz_al-rantisi1.000
3mahmoud_abbas1.000

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Simmelian ties

The normalized number of Simmelian ties of each node.

Input network(s): agent---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---agent

RankAgentValue
1aziz_al-rantisi0.500
2georg_bush0.250
3muhammad_horani0.250
4mahmoud_abbas0.222
5yasser_arafat0.063

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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
1yasser_arafatmuhammad_horaniyasser_arafatyasser_arafatmahmoud_abbasmuhammad_dahlanyasser_arafatyasser_arafat
2aziz_al-rantisiyasser_arafatmahmoud_abbasmahmoud_abbasyasser_arafatgeorg_bushmuhammad_horanimahmoud_abbas
3mahmoud_abbasaziz_al-rantisiaziz_al-rantisiaziz_al-rantisigeorg_bushmahmoud_abbasmuhammad_farajgeorg_bush
4marwan_barghoutimichael_chandlergeorg_bushmichael_chandlersamer_ufiaziz_al-rantisimichael_chandlermuhammad_horani
5muhammad_sidrsaddam_husseinmuhammad_horanimuhammad_farajmarwan_barghoutimarwan_barghoutisaddam_husseinmuhammad_faraj
6bernard_sabellamahmoud_abbasmuhammad_dahlansamer_ufimuhammad_dahlanyasser_arafataziz_al-rantisisamer_ufi
7mahmoud_al-zaharmuhammad_farajmarwan_barghouticolin_powelcolin_powelcolin_powelmahmoud_abbasaziz_al-rantisi
8juan_zaratmarwan_barghoutisaddam_husseingeorg_bushaziz_al-rantisisamer_ufimarwan_barghoutimarwan_barghouti
9bill_clintonmuhammad_sidrmuhammad_farajmuhammad_horanimuhammad_sidrmuhammad_sidrmuhammad_sidrmuhammad_dahlan
10matthew_levittbernard_sabellasamer_ufimuhammad_dahlanbernard_sabellabernard_sabellabernard_sabellamichael_chandler