Network analysis

Analiza omrežij

Course credits:

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

Course holder:

doc. dr. Marjan Cugmas

Type:

Elective general

Language:

Slovenian / english

Semester:

Full academic year

Study degree

3. level

Course execution:

• Interdisciplinary Doctoral Programme in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Short content

Definition of a network, types of networks and visualisation of networks. Network sources and collecting network data. Computer programs (Pajek) for analysis and visualisations of different types of networks. Basic network properties: degree, density, paths, shortest paths, distance, diameter. Centrality and importance of the units: the measures of centrality and prestige, network centralization. Groups of nodes: cluster, partition, connectivity, components, cliques, cores. Community detection methods. Islands. Two mode networks and multiplying networks. Blockmodeling: equivalences, the methods for direct and indirect blockmodeling, standard blockmodels (e.g., center-periphery, hierarchy).