Eigenvector-like measures of centrality for asymmetric relations

نویسندگان

  • Phillip Bonacich
  • Paulette Lloyd
چکیده

Eigenvectors of adjacency matrices are useful as measures of centrality or of status. However, they are misapplied to asymmetric networks in which some positions are unchosen. For these networks, an alternative measure of centrality is suggested that equals an eigenvector when eigenvectors can be used and provides meaningfully comparable results when they cannot. © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. JEL classification: C00 General mathematical and quantitative methods

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Social Networks

دوره 23  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2001