Six Degrees: from Kevin Bacon to Network Theory

The science of networks governs a wide variety of everyday phenomena from social interactions to biochemistry. This video provides a quick preview of what you will learn in "Linked" by Albert-Laszlo Barabsi (highly recommended). Learn about network theory through the fun to play "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" party game. Math and science buffs will enjoy the mathematical treatment of networks including power laws, small-world networks, graph theory and fractals.

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From: George Roberts III

Related topics : the small world theory of social network

Exploratory Social Network Analysis with Pajek | Ebook

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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...

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From: Haywood Coyne

Related topics : exploratory social network analysis with pajek / structure of social networks / social networking visualization software / social networking research

Social Network Analysis by Xiaohan Zeng

Social Network Analysis: What It Is, Why We Should Care, and What We Can Learn From It

by Xiaohan Zeng

The advent of the social networks has completely changed our daily life. The deluge of data collected on Social Network Services (SNS) and recent developments in complex network theory have enabled many marvelous predictive analysis, which tells us many amazing stories.

Why do we often feel that "the world is so small?" Is the six-degree separation purely imagination or based on...

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From: Groupon OnAir

Related topics : analysis of social network data

Small World of Drugs: Ties that Bind: by Ruth Espitia | Ebook

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Many of the organized crime families, known as the mafia have widened their morass to include illicit business dealings with foreign terrorist groups. It is because of this widespread global illicit drug market that formed between the various players and countries that brings us to investigate the social network formation of loose ties theory between criminal organizations, terrorist groups, drug cartels and mafia. But how does the "small...

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From: Everette Shook

Related topics : the small world theory of social network