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Blockmodeling of multilevel networks

Methodology 2014-05-26 v1 Social and Information Networks Physics and Society

Abstract

The article presents several approaches to the blockmodeling of multilevel network data. Multilevel network data consist of networks that are measured on at least two levels (e.g. between organizations and people) and information on ties between those levels (e.g. information on which people are members of which organizations). Several approaches will be considered: a separate analysis of the levels; transforming all networks to one level and blockmodeling on this level using information from all levels; and a truly multilevel approach where all levels and ties among them are modeled at the same time. Advantages and disadvantages of these approaches will be discussed.

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@article{arxiv.1405.5978,
  title  = {Blockmodeling of multilevel networks},
  author = {Aleš Žiberna},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.5978},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

33 pages, 10 figures, 6 tables

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