Centrality II

This is the second class on centrality. We focus on the nature of centrality, and introduce a few advanced measures, such as Bonacich power and hubs and authorities.

Topics

• On the nature of centrality

• power versus centrality

• centrality in directed data

Reading
 

• Bonacich, P. 1987. "Power and Centrality: A Family of Measures." American Journal of Sociology 92:1170-1182. [^pdf]

• Borgatti, S.P. and Everett, M.G. 2006. A graph-theoretic perspective on centrality. [pdf].

• Borgatti, S.P. 2005. Centrality and network flow. Social Networks. 27(1): 55-71. [pdf]

Slides

• Centrality2.pdf

Additional

• visit Experimental Exchange Networks page

Bibliography

• centrality bibliography