>You can see demo's of some of my projects at http://www.touchgraph.com The
two main examples are right on the main page, and others can be seen by
clicking the "news" tab. The most
>interesting one here is the map of weblogs, demonstrating TG's potential
to depict social networks.
Social Networks Analysis is a full fledged research area. Searching for
social networks on google, I found the following:
From the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA,
http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/project/INSNA/na_inf.html):
"Network analysis is based on the intuitive notion that these patterns are
important features of the lives of the individuals who display them. Network
analysts believe that how an individual lives depends in large part on how
that individual is tied into the larger web of social connections. Many
believe, moreover, that the success or failure of societies and
organizations often depends on the patterning of their internal
structure...From the outset, the network approach to the study of behavior
has involved two commitments: (1) it is guided by formal theory organized in
mathematical terms, and (2) it is grounded in the systematic analysis of
empirical data"
The analysis is done using graph calculus and statistical methods.
The Graphic Imaging Source for Soical Networks Analysis:
http://eclectic.ss.uci.edu/~lin/gallery.html
The first link on the above page leads to Visualizing Social Networks:
http://moreno.ss.uci.edu/vis.html
A list of software tools for SNA:
http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/project/INSNA/soft_inf.html
Cheers,
Gil
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