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Sources of Network Data

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Synonyms

Almost network data; Archives; Boundary problem; Copyrights; Databases; Ego-centered networks; Ethics; Networks; Observation; Random networks; Semantic web; Surveys

Glossary

Cloud Technology:

A use of hardware and software that are delivered as a service over a network (usually the Internet)

Computer-Assisted Text Analysis – CATA:

Techniques that model and structure the information content of textual sources on a computer

Genealogy:

A study of families and tracing of their lineages

Network Analysis:

A study of networks as a representation of relations between discrete objects

Social Network:

A social structure based on a set of actors (individuals or organizations) and the ties between these actors

Web Crawler:

An Internet bot that automatically browses the World Wide Web

Definition

In network data different entities are linked through their relations. They can be found in many forms and obtained from observations, surveys, archives, databases, etc. Network data can also be...

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported in part by Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS) – project Z7-7614 (B) and grant P1-0294, as well as by grant N1-0011 within the EUROCORES Programme EUROGIGA (project GReGAS) of the European Science Foundation. The first author was financed in part by the European Union, European Social Fund.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Abelium d.o.o, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Monika Cerinšek

  2. Department of Theoretical Computer Science, Institute of Mathematics, Physics and Mechanics, Jadranska 19, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Vladimir Batagelj

  3. University of Primorska, Andrej Marušič Institute, Koper, Slovenia

    Vladimir Batagelj

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Correspondence to Monika Cerinšek .

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  1. Computer Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Reda Alhajj

  2. University of Calgary Computer Science, Calgary, Canada

    Jon Rokne

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  1. Department of Theoretical Computer Science, Institute of Mathematics, Physics and Mechanics, Jadranska 19, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Vladimir Batagelj

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Cerinšek, M., Batagelj, V. (2017). Sources of Network Data. In: Alhajj, R., Rokne, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7163-9_313-1

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