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The aim of this chapter is to present the main definitions and concepts associated with social network analysis. These definitions and concepts will help to understand the fundaments of graph theory and the following micro, meso- and macro-measurements.

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  1. Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Escola Superior de Desporto e Lazer, Melgaço, Portugal

    Filipe Manuel Clemente

  2. Instituto de Telecomunicações, Delegação da Covilhã, Covilhã, Portugal

    Filipe Manuel Clemente & Fernando Manuel Lourenço Martins

  3. Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Escola Superior de Educação, Coimbra, Portugal

    Fernando Manuel Lourenço Martins & Rui Sousa Mendes

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Clemente, F.M., Martins, F.M.L., Mendes, R.S. (2016). Social Network Analysis: Concepts and Definitions. In: Social Network Analysis Applied to Team Sports Analysis. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25855-3_2

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