TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nooy,Wouter de
AU  - Mrvar,Andrej
AU  - Batagelj,Vladimir
TI  - Exploratory social network analysis with Pajek
T2  - Structural analysis in the social sciences
SN  - 9780521174800 (pbk)
U1  - 302.307 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Pajek (Electronic resource)
KW  - Social networks
KW  - Mathematical models
KW  - Computer simulation
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Machine generated contents note: 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
N2  - "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
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