Social Network Analysis
Course Name:
Social Network Analysis (CS853)
Programme:
M.Tech (CSE)
Category:
Elective Courses (Ele)
Credits (L-T-P):
03 (3-0-0)
Content:
Different sources of network data, types of networks, tools for visualizing network data, review of graph theory basics. Structural properties of networks: Notions of centrality, cohesiveness of subgroups, roles and positions, structural equivalence, equitable partitions, stochastic block models. Cascading properties of networks: Information/influence diffusion on networks, maximizing influence spread, power law and heavy tail distributions, preferential attachment models, small world phenomenon. Mining Graphs: Community and cluster detection: random walks, spectral methods; link analysis for web mining.
References:
1. Wasserman, Stanley, & Faust, Katherine. Social Network Analysis: Methods and Applications. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994
2. Scott, John. Social Network Analysis: A Handbook. 2nd Ed. 1994. Newberry Park, CA: Sage
3. Robert Hanneman and Mark Riddle. Introduction to Social Network Methods, 2004
Department:
Computer Science and Engineering