Visualization of social network dynamics using Sammon´s projection

Author

Radvansky, Martin ; Kudelka, Milos ; Horak, Zdenek ; Snasel, Vaclav

Author_Institution

VSB - Tech. Univ. of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic

fYear

2013

fDate

12-14 Aug. 2013

Firstpage

56

Lastpage

61

Abstract

Visualization is an important part of network analysis. It helps find features of the network that are not easily identifiable. Visualization dynamics of the network is very useful. Evolution of network and communities during time can help us understand social mechanisms behind the network. Visualization of the dynamics is not an easy task. There are several issues that have to be solved for correct visualization. We present our approach to the visualization of weighted networks based on Sammon´s projection and linear approximation. Our goal in this paper is to introduce a method for visualizing dynamics of the social network. Results are illustrated by several 3D layout snapshots of the co-authorship network extracted from the DBLP database.

Keywords

Internet; approximation theory; data visualisation; network theory (graphs); social sciences computing; 3D layout snapshots; DBLP database; Sammon projection; Web-based social network dynamics visualization; co-authorship network; linear approximation; social mechanisms; weighted network visualization; Layout; Visual databases; Visualization; Sammon´s projection; network dynamics; social networks; visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computational Aspects of Social Networks (CASoN), 2013 Fifth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Fargo, ND

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1407-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CASoN.2013.6622600

Filename

6622600