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NodeXL update: v.1.0.110 – New histograms of network metrics on Overall Metrics worksheet

February 4th, 2010 · No Comments

In the most recent prior release of NodeXL we added new metrics that describe networks in terms of their number of components and the length of paths in those networks.  In this release we automate creation of histograms of network metrics.  It is useful to see the distribution of attributes like in-degree or betweenness to [...]

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Tags: Measuring social media · Metrics · Network metrics and measures · Research · Social Media · Social Network Analysis · Sociology

Path and Component Metrics, new in NodeXL v.1.0.1.109

January 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment

NodeXL has updated again (v.1.0.1.109) with new network metrics.  The application now calculates path length data for your network, reporting the Maximum Geodesic Distance and the Average Geodesic Distance.  The list of overall metrics NodeXL creates includes: Vertices (the number of nodes in the graph), Unique Edges, Edges With Duplicates, Total Edges, Self-Loops (Edges that point back at the node [...]

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Tags: Measuring social media · Metrics · Network metrics and measures · Social Interaction · Social Media · Social Network Analysis · Social network · Sociology