Structural analysis in multi-relational social networks

• Main Authors: DAI, Bing Tian, CHUA, Freddy Chong Tat, LIM, Ee-peng
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• Subjects: Databases and Information Systems; Social Media
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/3718; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/4720/viewcontent/1978161197282539.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Modern social networks often consist of multiple relationsamong individuals. Understanding the structureof such multi-relational network is essential. In sociology,one way of structural analysis is to identify differentpositions and roles using blockmodels. In thispaper, we generalize stochastic blo...