[development] SNA - status report

[Robert Wohleb]

Hi,

I agree, true social networks are directed (orkut style). I must not be
seeing the reason behind the graphs. I assumed the graphs were for
seeing the big picture, where clustering would be evident.

~Rob

Novák Áron wrote:
> 2006. 06. 10, szombat keltezéssel 13.44-kor Robert Wohleb ezt írta:
>   
>> Excuse me if we are not on the same page when it comes to your goals.
>> I'm going to be making a few assumptions.
>>
>> The graphs you generated are pretty interesting. However, aren't we more
>> interested in clustering? Changing to a non-directed graph would
>> significantly decrease your data set without really losing much. Also,
>> your graphs didn't seem to reflect taxonomy. I think it would be very
>> valuable to visualize clustering of user posts around subjects.
>>     
> Hi,
>
> It's  another Summer of Code project here:
> http://2006.planet-soc.com/node/248 - Content Recommedation Engine. I
> think this engine should clustering nodes around subjects.
>
> I'll do experiments with undirected graphs too. In my humble opinion the
> real social networks are directed (for example: famous person, many
> in-edge and relatively few out-edge). 
>   
>> Also, check out Dan Kaminsky's network graph experiments. Besides his
>> unique DNS hacks, he has generated some LARGE, and beautiful, network
>> traffic graphs. He also uses Drupal :)
>>
>> http://www.doxpara.com/
>> http://www.doxpara.com/?q=node/1133
>> http://www.opte.org/
>>     
>
> I'm going to study his solution to handle large graph-visualizing.
>
> Thanks for the feedback,
>
> Aron Novak
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