In combination with the method of social network analysis, a set of network analysis methods is established based on the theory and methods of frequent subgraph mining, network motifs, at el, which is different from the traditional social network analysis. It can be used to analyze the properties of social network and judge the roles of the nodes effectively.

Our research examines how the organisational structure facilitates knowledge sharing within the group. This case study examines a Victorian regional sustainable group using interviews and social network analysis to identify the group's organisational structure and its effect on knowledge sharing between the members. Our findings indicate that while the mixed membership, lack of hierarchy and la...

This paper reports student interaction patterns and self-reported results of using Twitter microblogging environment. The study employs longitudinal probabilistic social network analysis (SNA) to identify the patterns and trends of network dynamics. It is building on earlier works that explore associations of student achievement records with the observed network measures. It integrates gender a...

This study investigates a virtual project team’s development stages by way of a quantitative indicator. Until recently, only qualitative approach has been explored to deal with this issue, as can be seen in the past literatures. In this study we based on the concept of social network analysis to develop the quantitative indicator. The indicator can help us identify the development stages from t...

The networking ability of journals reflects their academic influence among peer journals. This paper analyzes the cited and citing environments of the journal---Advances in Atmospheric Sciences---using methods from social network analysis. The journal has been actively participating in the international journal environment, but one has a tendency to cite papers published in international journa...

Social Network Analysis (SNA) (Scott 1992) is the analysis of network data gathered in a social context. It has been used to examine social phenomena in such diverse areas as local communities, international organizations and sporting clubs. However, while the data collected by Social Network Analysts is eminently computable it has taken until relatively recently for SNA to make it’s way into t...

This work aims to analyse the wiki tool from OPAALS as a collaborative environment. To achieve that, methods from social network analysis and statistics are employed. The analysis is compared with other collaboration networks. The results obtained here show the evolution of the tool and that the adoption was successful.

As the world becomes more fluid, networked and complex, organisations will continue to be more mobile than ever before. A part of the challenge for future mobile organisations is on how can they better communicate and collaborate within their employees, customers and stakeholders. One technique that can help address this issue is social network analysis. Mobile organisations also need to develo...