3 papers
cs.SI2015
Close Communities in Social Networks: Boroughs and 2-Clubs
Steven Laan, Maarten Marx, Robert J. Mokken
The structure of close communication, contacts and association in social networks is studied in the form of maximal subgraphs of diameter 2 (2-clubs), corresponding to three types…
cs.SI2015
Close Communication and 2-Clubs in Corporate Networks: Europe 2010
Robert J. Mokken, Steven Laan
Corporate networks, as induced by interlocking directorates between corporations, provide structures of personal communication at the level of their boards. This paper studies such…
cs.SI2012
Coteries, Social Circles and Hamlets Close Communities: A Study of Acquaintance Networks
Robert J. Mokken
In the analysis of social networks many relatively loose and heuristic definitions of 'community' abound. In this paper the concept of closely knit communities is studied as define…