Algebraic Analysis of Social Networks

List of Contributors xv
 
1 Introduction 1
 
Patrick Doreian, Vladimir Batagelj, and Anuska Ferligoj
 
2 Bibliometric Analyses of the Network Clustering Literature 11
 
Vladimir Batagelj, Anuska Ferligoj, and Patrick Doreian
 
3 Clustering Approaches to Networks 65
 
Vladimir Batagelj
 
4 Different Approaches to Community Detection 105
 
Martin Rosvall, Jean-Charles Delvenne, Michael T. Schaub,
 
and Renaud Lambiotte
 
5 Label Propagation for Clustering 121
 
Lovro Subelj
 
6 Blockmodeling of Valued Networks 151
 
Carl Nordlund and Ales ?iberna
 
7 Treating Missing Network Data Before Partitioning 189
 
Anja ?nidarsic, Patrick Doreian, and Anuska Ferligoj Ç
 
8 Partitioning Signed Networks 225
 
Vincent Traag, Patrick Doreian, and Andrej Mrvar
 
9 Partitioning Multimode Networks 251
 
Martin G Everett and Stephen P Borgatti
 
10 Blockmodeling Linked Networks 267
 
Ales ?iberna
 
11 Bayesian Stochastic Blockmodeling 289
 
Tiago P. Peixoto
 
12 Structured Networks and Coarse-Grained Descriptions: A Dynamical
 
Perspective 333
 
Michael T. Schaub, Jean-Charles Delvenne, Renaud Lambiotte,
 
and Mauricio Barahona
 
13 Scientific Co-Authorship Networks 363
 
Marjan Cugmas, Anuska Ferligoj, and Luka Kronegger
 
14 Conclusions and Directions for Future Work 389
 
Patrick Doreian, Anuska Ferligoj, and Vladimir Batagelj
 
Topic Index 399 Person Index 407

J. ANTONIO RIVERO OSTOIC, PHD, is a post doctorate fellow at the School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University, Denmark, and a research associate at the University of San Simón (CESU). With a background in sociology and social sciences his research is mainly focused on social networks. He developed the R packages multiplex and multigraph for performing algebraic analysis and visualization of complex systems.