Hello all, Just wanted to see how many of you capture the average number of degrees for the nodes in a network? I have been re-reading the book on SNA and...
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Nat Welch
natwelch
Sep 27, 2007 6:52 pm
Dear ONA-PRAC members: Our group has been in existence for 2 years and we have over 200 members. The moderators (Patti, Bruce, and I) have had a number of ...
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Valdis Krebs
orgnet9
Sep 27, 2007 7:15 pm
Good idea! What are the network questions you will ask? Since there is expertise on this list maybe we can review/edit them before sending out? Can the survey...
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Patti Anklam
pattianklam
Sep 27, 2007 8:44 pm
Leave it to Valdis to make sure that we make this a great practice exercise for all on this list! From the design through the survey and the analysis, we can...
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Laurence Lock Lee
llocklee
Sep 27, 2007 10:17 pm
Yes we should practice what we preach in terms of survey design. Can't promise that the survey tool has full flexibility as it is pretty new and we are relying...
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Giancarlo Oriani
giancarlo.or...
Oct 1, 2007 11:39 am
This is a very good question. No answer, or simply I did not get any? The benchmarking data is a good idea. Can we work on that, or, as someone said, is a...
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Nat Welch
natwelch
Oct 9, 2007 5:14 pm
Cross posted from the UCINet Group: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Emphasis in Social Networks The School of Social and Family Dynamics (SSFD), an interdisciplinary unit...
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philrjones
Nov 10, 2007 11:22 pm
We're having a healthy debate at work about the differences between "Link Analysis" and SNA. I'd be interested in hearing the views of ONA-PRAC members. ...
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Cai Kjaer
caikjaer
Nov 11, 2007 11:31 am
Hi Phil, Can you expand just a little? What exactly do you mean by link analysis? I noticed this definition in Wikipedia - is this what you mean? *"Link...
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rg244@...
greenhalghroy
Nov 11, 2007 1:08 pm
Phil and Cai I too am intrigued at the difference between Social Network Analysis and Link Analysis. SNA uses links to represent the relationships between...
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Valdis Krebs
orgnet9
Nov 11, 2007 5:26 pm
I encounter "link analysis" when working with law enforcement and counterterrorism clients. Links analysis, from my outsider perspective, is linking together ...
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philrjones
Nov 11, 2007 8:44 pm
For that matter what makes SNA and / or ONA distinctive from Network Analysis? Is it purely to do with the goal of the analysis - insight into social systems...
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philrjones
Nov 11, 2007 8:56 pm
Not sure where my reply went ... I'll have another go, sorry if it subsequently appears! As Valdis mentions, link analysis is used by law enforcement and ...
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philrjones
Nov 11, 2007 9:45 pm
As Valdis mentions, link analysis is a term used by law enforcement and Intelligence agencies. At its most basic, people use tools such as i2 Analyst's...
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Valdis Krebs
orgnet9
Nov 11, 2007 10:13 pm
As I think I posted here last year, or maybe Patti did, ONA was created by Gerry Falkowski, when his IBM clients [both internal and external, squirmed at the...
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Patti Anklam
pattianklam
Nov 11, 2007 11:04 pm
I don't think I knew that Gerry story, but I like it. We named this group ONA-PRAC so that we could distinguish ourselves from the greater world of social...
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Bordeaux, John
jbx2001
Nov 12, 2007 2:43 am
Perhaps I'm just being cynical, but some usage of the "link analysis" term stems apparently from the unfortunate privacy associations that are made when...
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Valdis Krebs
orgnet9
Nov 12, 2007 7:42 pm
A little Monday humor... in light of our recent discussion on the terms which include "network analysis" & "link analysis" you folks may find this funny. My...
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Tim Keller
scale_free
Nov 19, 2007 1:38 pm
As a term of art LA is at least a decade old, probably more like 15 years. I've seen a paper out of the Intelligence Community from the mid-90s that uses it....
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Sérgio Storch
sergiostorch
Nov 21, 2007 3:59 pm
Dear friends We´d like to have one of you who lives in Europe to tell us about best practices in utilization of social networks in government and public ...
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Michael Pastore
bg_rva
Nov 30, 2007 2:44 pm
Hello all, I am a newbie to ONA and would like to introduce myself. I am a sofware developer who recently came out of the "black world" where I created several...
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Valdis Krebs
orgnet9
Nov 30, 2007 3:16 pm
Welcome Mike! I am somewhat surprised that you folks "behind the green door" did not examine what was done commercially and in academia. It is easy for you to...
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Michael Pastore
bg_rva
Nov 30, 2007 4:30 pm
Valdis, I could not agree with you more about the intel community no being more aware of what is already available commercially and in academia. Working in a...
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Valdis Krebs
orgnet9
Nov 30, 2007 5:09 pm
Mike, Have you seen the write-up on "human terrain teams" in WIRED? Where you involved with this effort? ... http://tinyurl.com/28utez A quick, easy and...
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Nathaniel Welch
natwelch
Nov 30, 2007 5:13 pm
Mike: I echo Valdis' greeting and welcome you to the big "outdoors";, you'll find a wide range of ideas and opinions in this community and it'll be interesting ...
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Paul Burton
PaulB300
Nov 30, 2007 7:29 pm
Mike: since you've been involved with software development I wanted to reply to your post. I also work developers, and my dissertation was on SNA with...
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Michael Pastore
bg_rva
Dec 1, 2007 3:09 am
Valdis, I did see that article and I think it is a very good indicator of SNA's acceptance within the DOD. I wasn't aware of that effor nor do I know what...
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Kathleen Marvin
kathleenmarv...
Dec 2, 2007 4:52 am
Hi Paul, Is the "Creating Business Value through Social Network Analysis" webinar still an option? I can't find it on the training site. Thanks Kathleen...
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Paul Prueitt
paulprueitt
Dec 2, 2007 1:48 pm
i am not sure, I have not been folloing this thread. Are you working on a Masters in Psychology and Social Networks...
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Peter Gadzinski
petergadz
Dec 2, 2007 4:16 pm
I agree that applying SNA and anthropological insights to the task of sorting out actors in a real world environment is a step forward in DOD thinking and...
