Structural Holes in Directed Fuzzy Social Networks
Joint Authors
Source
Journal of Applied Mathematics
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-02-25
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The structural holes have been a key issue in fuzzy social network analysis.
For undirected fuzzy social networks where edges are just present or absent undirected fuzzy relation and have no more information attached, many structural holes measures have been presented, such as key fuzzy structural holes, general fuzzy structural holes, strong fuzzy structural holes, and weak fuzzy structural holes.
There has been a growing need to design structural holes measures for directed fuzzy social networks, because directed fuzzy social networks where edges are attached by directed fuzzy relation would contain rich information.
In this paper, we extend structural holes theory to directed fuzzy social network and propose the algorithm of unidirectional fuzzy structural holes and bidirectional fuzzy structural holes, which unveil more structural information of directed fuzzy social networks.
Furthermore, we investigate the validness of the algorithm by illustrating this method to a case called G-Y Research Team and obtain reliable results, which provide strong evidences of the new measure’s utility.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Hu, Renjie& Zhang, Guangyu. 2014. Structural Holes in Directed Fuzzy Social Networks. Journal of Applied Mathematics،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-472681
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Hu, Renjie& Zhang, Guangyu. Structural Holes in Directed Fuzzy Social Networks. Journal of Applied Mathematics No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-472681
American Medical Association (AMA)
Hu, Renjie& Zhang, Guangyu. Structural Holes in Directed Fuzzy Social Networks. Journal of Applied Mathematics. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-472681
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-472681