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Complex networks and public funding: the case of the 2007-2013 Italian program

Physics and Society 2015-07-24 v1 Social and Information Networks Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability

Abstract

In this paper we apply techniques of complex network analysis to data sources representing public funding programs and discuss the importance of the considered indicators for program evaluation. Starting from the Open Data repository of the 2007-2013 Italian Program Programma Operativo Nazionale 'Ricerca e Competitivit\`a' (PON R&C), we build a set of data models and perform network analysis over them. We discuss the obtained experimental results outlining interesting new perspectives that emerge from the application of the proposed methods to the socio-economical evaluation of funded programs.

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@article{arxiv.1507.06515,
  title  = {Complex networks and public funding: the case of the 2007-2013 Italian program},
  author = {Stefano Nicotri and Eufemia Tinelli and Nicola Amoroso and Elena Garuccio and Roberto Bellotti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.06515},
  year   = {2015}
}

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22 pages, 9 figures