Visual reasoning about social networks using centrality sensitivity

In this paper, we study the sensitivity of centrality metrics as a key metric of social networks to support visual reasoning. As centrality represents the prestige or importance of a node in a network, its sensitivity represents the importance of the relationship between this and all other nodes in...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics. - 1996. - 18(2012), 1 vom: 10. Jan., Seite 106-20
1. Verfasser: Correa, Carlos D (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Crnovrsanin, Tarik, Ma, Kwan-Liu
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2012
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
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