measure_hierarchy: Measures of hierarchy

In netrics: Many Ways to Measure and Classify Membership for Networks, Nodes, and Ties

Measures of hierarchy

Description

These functions, together with net_reciprocity(), are used jointly to measure how hierarchical a network is:

• net_by_connectedness() measures the proportion of dyads in the network that are reachable to one another, or the degree to which network is a single component.

• net_by_efficiency() measures the Krackhardt efficiency score.

• net_by_upperbound() measures the Krackhardt (least) upper bound score.

Usage

net_by_connectedness(.data)

net_by_efficiency(.data)

net_by_upperbound(.data)

Arguments

.data

A network object of class mnet, igraph, tbl_graph, network, or similar. For more information on the standard coercion possible, see manynet::as_tidygraph().

Value

A network_measure numeric score.

References

On hierarchy

Krackhardt, David. 1994. Graph theoretical dimensions of informal organizations. In Carley and Prietula (eds) Computational Organizational Theory, Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Pp. 89-111.

Everett, Martin, and David Krackhardt. 2012. “A second look at Krackhardt's graph theoretical dimensions of informal organizations.” Social Networks, 34: 159-163. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1016/j.socnet.2011.10.006")}

See Also

Other measures: measure_assort_net, measure_assort_node, measure_breadth, measure_broker_node, measure_broker_tie, measure_brokerage, measure_central_between, measure_central_close, measure_central_degree, measure_central_eigen, measure_centralities_between, measure_centralities_close, measure_centralities_degree, measure_centralities_eigen, measure_closure, measure_closure_node, measure_cohesion, measure_core, measure_diffusion_infection, measure_diffusion_net, measure_diffusion_node, measure_diverse_net, measure_diverse_node, measure_features, measure_fragmentation, measure_periods

Other hierarchy: motif_hierarchy

Examples

net_by_connectedness(ison_networkers)
1 - net_by_reciprocity(ison_networkers)
net_by_efficiency(ison_networkers)
net_by_upperbound(ison_networkers)

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