Dynamic Social Network Modeling and Analysis: Workshop Summary and Papers

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 392 pages
• Published by: National Academies Press June 27, 2003
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0309089522
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0309089524
• Book Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches
• Weighs: 2.4 pounds

Book Description
In the summer of 2002, the Office of Naval Research asked the Committee on Human Factors to hold a workshop on dynamic social network and analysis. The primary purpose of the workshop was to bring together scientists who represent a diversity of views and approaches to share their insights, commentary, and critiques on the developing body of social network analysis research and application. The secondary purpose was to provide sound models and applications for current problems of national importance, with a particular focus on national security. This workshop is one of several activities undertaken by the National Research Council that bears on the contributions of various scientific disciplines to understanding and defending against terrorism. The presentations were grouped in four sessions – Social Network Theory Perspectives, Dynamic Social Networks, Metrics and Models, and Networked Worlds – each of which concluded with a discussant-led roundtable discussion among the presenters and workshop attendees on the themes and issues raised in the session.

Reader Reviews
Social networking analysis has become quite hot in recent years. Driven by the Internet, and how the increasing pervasiveness of electronic communication can be used. This compendium of workshop papers gives a good flavour of current academic work in this field. Potential readers should not be restricted to those in academia. Several social networking companies have started up recently, like Friendster, Ryze and Tribe.net. If you are in such a company and are involved in trying to add more value to your company's abilities, you should slowly and carefully go over this book. There may be germane ideas that you can implement. Though one cautionary note is that in this field there is very little patent protection. Any ideas described in the book have now been made public, precluding any patents on them. Unless you can find some unique twist to make it so.