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This chapter introduces the main concepts of social networks such as properties of social networks, data collection in social networks, data sampling, and social network analysis.
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Al-Taie, M.Z., Kadry, S. (2017). Social Networks. In: Python for Graph and Network Analysis. Advanced Information and Knowledge Processing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53004-8_4
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