Title :
An Approach for the Blockmodeling in Multi-Relational Networks
Author :
Harrer, Andreas ; Schmidt, A.
Author_Institution :
Catholic Univ. Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Eichstaett, Germany
Abstract :
In this paper we introduce a direct approach for Block modeling in multi-relational networks inspired by the Pajek-Approach. In this article the direct Block modeling-method is presented for two-relational networks and evaluated statistically compared to indirect approaches. In addition we apply the method to the "Krackhardt`s High-tech Managers" dataset to show the feasibility of the approach and present a different interpretation proposal for this well known data set.
Keywords :
network theory (graphs); social sciences; Krackhardt´s High-tech Managers dataset; Pajek-approach; direct blockmodeling method; multirelational networks; statistical evaluation; two-relational networks; Clustering algorithms; Complexity theory; Correlation; Optimization; Partitioning algorithms; Social network services; Software;
Conference_Titel :
Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM), 2012 IEEE/ACM International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Istanbul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2497-7
DOI :
10.1109/ASONAM.2012.100
