Centrality in social networks conceptual clarification

TL;DR: Based on the propagation model, a structural robustness evaluation mechanism is devised by integrating two quantitative metrics, average path length and in degree-out degree, to validate the proposed mechanism.

TL;DR: This paper applied a social network conceptual framework to identify and characterize social mediators that connect the US State Department with its international public and found that both formal and informal mediators vary in terms of their formality and interdependence.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the impact of extralocal interactions in intercity coinvention networks on innovation in cities and found that the innovation performance of a city hinges on its centrality in inter-city coin-vention networks, its ability to fill structural holes in these networks, and its node cohesiveness and transitivity within ego networks.

TL;DR: The social structure of a group of 110 lactating dairy cows during four one-month periods is investigated, demonstrating that proximity loggers can be used to measure relationships between cows and demonstrating low repeatability of the social network structure.

TL;DR: It is shown that the optimum location of a switching center is always at a vertex of the communication network while the best location for the police station is not necessarily at an intersection.