This chapter reviews the highly interdisciplinary field of network science, a science
concerned with the study of networks, be they biological, technological, or scholarly …

The availability of large data sets has allowed researchers to uncover complex properties
such as large-scale fluctuations and heterogeneities in many networks, leading to the …

Social sequence analysis includes a diverse and rapidly growing body of methods that
social scientists have developed to help study complex ordered social processes, including …

This book contains an introduction into recent developments in the field of analysis of textual
data with emphasis on constructing a data matrix that is appropriate for statistical analysis …

This chapter treats statistical methods for network evolution. It is argued that it is most fruitful
to consider models where network evolution is represented as the result of many (usually …

Interfirm relationship networks are strategic resources that can potentially be shaped by
managerial action. As a first step towards understanding how managers can shape …

The tendency for relationships to weaken and disappear I discuss as decay, and functions
describing the rate of decay over time I discuss as decay functions. Three conclusions are …

Information technology can link geographically separated people and help them locate
interesting or useful resources. These attributes have the potential to bridge gaps and unite …

Relationship timing can have dramatic effects on diffusion through a network, as relationship
order determines transmission routes. Though past research has modeled diffusion through …

If graph drawing is to become a methodological tool instead of an illustrative art, many
concerns need to be overcome. We discuss the problems of social network visualization …