links for 2009-10-16

• Maturity model for email communication in knowledge organizations: The case of police investigations (Gottschalk, 2008)
  "... a four stage maturity model for email communication in knowledge organizations is proposed. The stages are labeled person-to-technology, person-to-person, person-to-information and person-to application, respectively."
  (tags: email maturity organization knowledge cognitive social networks)
• A Relational Event Framework for Social Action (Butts, 208)
  Butts, Carter T. (2008). ``A Relational Event Framework for Social Action.'' Sociological Methodology, 38(1):155-200.
  (tags: event longitudinal dynamics)
• Closure, connectivity and degree distributions: Exponential random graph (p*) models for directed social networks (Robins et al, preprint 2008)
  "In this paper, we explain the theoretical and empirical advantages in generalizing to additional closure effects. We propose three new triadic-based parameters to represent different versions of triadic closure: cyclic effects; transitivity based on shared choices of partners; and transitivity based on shared popularity"
  (tags: transitivity cycles triad popularity closure ERGM_p* directed structural homophily equivalence sources sinks)
• Exponential Random Graph (p) Models for Affiliation Networks (Wang et al, preprint 2007)
  "The classic Southern Women data and Australian interlocking director data are used as examples to show that the ERGM with the newly specified statistics is a powerful tool for statistical analysis of affiliation networks."
  (tags: affiliation multimodal social network analysis ERGM_p*)
• Longitudinal Methods of Network Analysis (Snijders)
  "Pp. 5998-6013 in Encyclopedia of Complexity and System Science (editor-in-chief Bob Meyers), part of the Social Networks section (section editor John Scott), Springer Verlag, 2009."
  (tags: longitudinal social network analysis dynamic stochastic selection influence example)
• Dynamic Networks and Behavior: Separating Selection from Influence (Steglich & Snijders, submitted 2009)
  a very good summary - particularly useful for the tables of effects (with graphics) at the back
  (tags: stochastic dynamic social network analysis selection influence longitudinal)
• Applying SIENA: An Illustrative Analysis of the Coevolution of Adolescents' Friendship Networks, Taste in Music, and Alcohol Consumption (Steglich et al, 2006)
  "A family of dynamic actor-driven models for the coevolution process is sketched, and it is shown how to use the SIENA software for estimating these models. We illustrate the method by analyzing the coevolution of friendship networks, taste in music, and alcohol consumption of teenagers."
  (tags: examples social network analysis stochastic dynamic longitudinal selection information)
• Models for Longitudinal Network Data (Snijders, 2004)
  chapter from P. Carrington, J. Scott, & S. Wasserman (Eds.), Models and methods in social network analysis. New York: Cambridge University Press.
  (tags: social network analysis stochastic dynamic longitudinal)
• Statistical Methods for Network Dynamics (Snijders, ????)
  online paper - short, with examples
  (tags: stochastic dynamic social network analysis tips longitudinal)
• "Statistical Methods for Network Dynamics" (pdf)
  Tutorial slides
  (tags: stochastic network social analysis dynamic software tips selection influence longitudinal)
• "Introduction to stochastic actor-based models for network dynamics" (Sniders et al 2009)
  from special issue of SN
  (tags: stochastic social network analysis software tips selection influence dynamic longitudinal)