Exploratory Social Network Analysis with Pajek (Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences, Series Number 27) - Hardcover

De Nooy, Wouter; Mrvar, Andrej; Batagelj, Vladimir

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107002389 ISBN 13: 9781107002388

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

This is an extensively revised and expanded second edition of the successful textbook on social network analysis integrating theory, applications, and network analysis using Pajek. The main structural concepts and their applications in social research are introduced with exercises. Pajek software and data sets are available so readers can learn network analysis through application and case studies. Readers will have the knowledge, skill, and tools to apply social network analysis across the social sciences, from anthropology and sociology to business administration and history. This second edition has a new chapter on random network models, for example, scale-free and small-world networks and Monte Carlo simulation; discussion of multiple relations, islands, and matrix multiplication; new structural indices such as eigenvector centrality, degree distribution, and clustering coefficients; new visualization options that include circular layout for partitions and drawing a network geographically as a 3D surface; and using Unicode labels. This new edition also includes instructions on exporting data from Pajek to R software. It offers updated descriptions and screen shots for working with Pajek (version 2.03).

About this title

Book Description

This is an extensively revised and expanded second edition of the successful textbook on social network analysis integrating theory, applications, and network analysis using Pajek. This edition features a new chapter, instructions on exporting data from Pajek to R software, and updated descriptions and screen shots for working with Pajek (version 2.03).

About the Author

Wouter de Nooy is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Science at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He is a member of the Amsterdam School of Communication Research and the Netherlands School of Communication Research. He has published in Poetics, Social Networks and Structure and Dynamics, among others.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1107002389
• ISBN 13: 9781107002388
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 452