Random Directed Graph Distributions in the Triad Census in Social Networks / Stanley S. Wasserman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wasserman, Stanley S.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w0113.

NBER working paper series no. w0113

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social networks.

Social networks Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1975.

Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 1975.

Summary:

This paper uses the concept of the triad census first introduced by Holland and Leinhardt, and describes several distributions on directed graphs. Methods are presented for calculating the mean and the covariance matrix of the triad census for the uniform distribution that conditions on the number of choices made by each individual in the social network. Several complex distributions on digraphs are approximated, and an application of these methods to a sociogram is given.

Notes:

Print version record

November 1975.