Author(s)
Umed Temurshoev
Source
NET Institute Working Paper #08-08, 2008
Summary
This paper addresses the problem of how to find key actors in social networks.
Policy Relevance
This paper helps provide key information relevant to social networks, which applies to almost any social or economic group.
Main Points
- This paper discusses and attempts to resolve the use of a number of popular theories on how to analyze data and find key actors. This paper offers its own analysis.
- The group intercentrality measure identifies the key group – a set of players, which once removed has the optimal impact on the overall activity levelhe analysis provided in this paper has wide range uses including but not limited to: analysis of crime networks, conformism and social norms, and a number of other networks.
- The analysis provided in this paper has wide range uses including but not limited to: analysis of crime networks, conformism and social norms, and a number of other networks.
