Network Analysis

Analiza omrežij

Course credits:

6.00 ECTS / 60 (30 hours of lectures, 0 hours of exercises, 30 hours of seminars, 0 hours other forms of work)

Course holder:

prof. dr. Andrej Mrvar

Type:

Elective general

Language:

Slovenian

Semester:

Second semester

Study degree

1. level

Course execution:

• Undergraduate Programme of Communication studies - Marketing Communication and Public Relations
• Undergraduate Programme of Cultural studies - Studies of Culture and Creativity
• Undergraduate Programme of Defence Studies
• Undergraduate Programme of International Relations
• Undergraduate Programme of Journalism
• Undergraduate Programme of Media and Communication Studies
• Undergraduate Programme of Political Science - Public Policies and Sdministration
• Undergraduate Programme of Political Science - Studies of Politics and the State
• Undergraduate Programme of Social Informatics
• Undergraduate Programme of Sociology
• Undergraduate Programme of Sociology - Human Resources Management

Short content

Network sources, computer programs for analysis and visualization of networks (Pajek). Basics of network theory: degree, density, walks, paths, shortest paths, distance, diameter; cluster, partition, connectivity, components, cliques, cores; centrality and prestige, network centralization; cohesion, communities.Signed networks, Two mode networks, Blockmodeling: equivalences, blockmodels; indirect (hierarchical clustering) and direct blockmodeling; generalized blockmodeling; standard blockmodels (center-periphery, hierarchy), Community detection methods.