In short, the theme of this lecture is "Networks in an Online World".
We live in a world dominated by Online Social Networks. While people connect with each other in different ways, it would be interesting to know whether there are any connection patterns that can reveal some interesting patterns about the way they connect and about them in general.
The figure below is an example of a network for a Linkedin User.
While we can see many clusters on the network, it is clearly palpable that there is one big cluster that is densely connected. This reveals that the user has a strong connected network in one area.
The network shown above doesn't have any directionality. However, there are some social networks that have directionality like the Twitter network. Visualization of these networks can reveal some interesting properties.
However, studying networks goes far beyond visualization and gets into the study of objective parameters like authority, hub, density etc., In short network analysis is a comprehensive tool for objective analysis.
We live in a world dominated by Online Social Networks. While people connect with each other in different ways, it would be interesting to know whether there are any connection patterns that can reveal some interesting patterns about the way they connect and about them in general.
The figure below is an example of a network for a Linkedin User.
While we can see many clusters on the network, it is clearly palpable that there is one big cluster that is densely connected. This reveals that the user has a strong connected network in one area.
The network shown above doesn't have any directionality. However, there are some social networks that have directionality like the Twitter network. Visualization of these networks can reveal some interesting properties.
However, studying networks goes far beyond visualization and gets into the study of objective parameters like authority, hub, density etc., In short network analysis is a comprehensive tool for objective analysis.
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